2020 - Coloured pencil on paper

In this series, I combine real life proportions with a stylised drawing approach, exploring an intense, fleshy red colour palette and elements of the present-day. This allows me to transform the traditions of classical art present in my work into ambiguous narratives of modern life. Keeping naturalistic proportions and cinematographic compositions reminds the viewer of real life, yet the carefully chosen styling and colour creates a new world. My characters have complete freedom of expression and the viewer may question whether they are seeing something that truly exists or works of fiction.

Cherrie I, II, III

2020 - Coloured pencil on paper

This project is an exploration of modern masculinity. Jonas, pictured on his own, partly nude and exposed speaks of isolation and vulnerability at its core. The red-hued figures featuring in my work present more as alien characters, rather than everyday humans you’d meet on the street – slightly too perfect, almost artificial, strangely unfamiliar. By giving my characters real-life names, I create a sense of intimacy between the character and the viewer – it’s an invitation to connect to the human inside the image and what their story could be.

Jonas

2020 - Coloured pencil on paper

The red-hued figures featuring in my work present more as alien characters, rather than everyday humans you’d meet on the street – slightly too perfect, almost artificial, strangely unfamiliar. While some are loosely based on real-life people, most are formed using a blend of features from different faces and bodies to create new, fictional personas. They are pictured on their own, perhaps partly nude and often within a cropped, closed-in space. These elements that repeat across my work place isolation and vulnerability at its core. By giving my characters real-life names, I create a sense of intimacy between the character and the viewer – it’s an invitation to connect to the human inside the image and what their story could be, whilst questioning whether one is seeing something that truly exists or works of fiction.

Rosa

2020 - Coloured pencil on paper

The red-hued figures featuring in my work present more as alien characters, rather than everyday humans you’d meet on the street – slightly too perfect, almost artificial, strangely unfamiliar. While some are loosely based on real-life people, most are formed using a blend of features from different faces and bodies to create new, fictional personas. They are pictured on their own, perhaps partly nude and often within a cropped, closed-in space. These elements that repeat across my work place isolation and vulnerability at its core. By giving my characters real-life names, I create a sense of intimacy between the character and the viewer – it’s an invitation to connect to the human inside the image and what their story could be.

Julius

2020 - Coloured pencil on paper

A project created to explore the beauty in everyday normality through the female body. I combine real life proportions with a stylised drawing approach, exploring an intense, fleshy pink colour palette and elements of the present-day. This allows me to transform the traditions of classical art present in my work into ambiguous narratives of modern life.

August I, II, III

Pearl

2020 - Coloured pencil on paper
The red-hued figures featuring in my work present more as alien characters, rather than everyday humans you’d meet on the street – slightly too perfect, almost artificial, strangely unfamiliar. While some are loosely based on real-life people, most are formed using a blend of features from different faces and bodies to create new, fictional personas. They are pictured on their own, perhaps partly nude and often within a cropped, closed-in space. These elements that repeat across my work place isolation and vulnerability at its core. By giving my characters real-life names, I create a sense of intimacy between the character and the viewer – it’s an invitation to connect to the human inside the image and what their story could be, whilst questioning whether one is seeing something that truly exists or works of fiction.

Clementine

2021 - Acrylic and coloured pencil on paper

In this series, I combine real life proportions with a stylised drawing approach, exploring an intense pink colour palette and elements of the present-day. This allows me to transform the traditions of classical art present in my work into ambiguous narratives of modern life. Keeping naturalistic proportions and cinematographic compositions reminds the viewer of real life, yet the carefully chosen styling and colour creates a new world. My characters have complete freedom of expression and the viewer may question whether they are seeing something that truly exists or works of fiction.

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