“My paintings make you want to delve further into the story I depict. They reflect present life situations sometimes honoring various living human subjects that may be deemed “controversial”or “problematic" . Or they are a mishmash of the momentary pleasures and people in my life
past and present. I mostly have a deep love of my subjects and work mainly inspired by photos that I take when in the getting to know process. I began my artistic career in Paris, working with and inspired by great designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo & John Galliano, then began an exploration to express an artistic vision using a freestyle approach with body paints, loose powders and products other than normal makeup, This method of application has allowed me to express myself fully with color on my large canvases of today through my portraiture and story telling.
“PASSION: is a selection of the large acrylic on canvas paintings I have been inspired to do since I moved to the Berkshires. At first obsessed with the leading men in Chinese Historical Dramas, I realize that both the men an the themes of love
and betrayal in these movies were reminiscent of my teen years growing up in the North of England. Moving into the future with my art I was regressing into those years full of passion for love, men, and music. Is it regression? Or, is it just how we were, we will always be?