My paintings explore the intricate relationship between Nostalgia, time, and movement. My figurations and abstractions intertwine to create a narrative of time past. Our shared social history is very important to my research and practice and this body of work portrays the life of childhood innocence against the backdrop of the reality of tenement life, a visual narrative which juxtaposes the idealised memories of childhood with the harsh reality of how time and space have changed those memories. My monochrome collection indicates that the present is haunted by the past and is brought to life through paint and recorded imagery. Fragmented abstractions are at play in my work, there is a calculated vagueness where there is no definitive. Tenement existence may be gone but a new reality has surfaced in our society through high rent, lack of housing and homeless children. As the cogs of time turn, are we now in danger of coming full circle once again.
