Oil on canvas series
My practice explores how gesture and body language convey emotion and connection without facial expressions.
This series of oil paintings captures the essence of innocence in childhood, as well as physical gestures that display protection and care. Composition plays a vital role in creating my paintings - I crop source photographs to identify key body language as a focal point. These edited photographs, from my childhood, aim to direct the viewer to feel a contrasting sense of nostalgia and curiosity through these intimate yet faceless gestures.
This series of oil paintings captures the essence of innocence in childhood, as well as physical gestures that display protection and care. Composition plays a vital role in creating my paintings - I crop source photographs to identify key body language as a focal point. These edited photographs, from my childhood, aim to direct the viewer to feel a contrasting sense of nostalgia and curiosity through these intimate yet faceless gestures.