I observe people akin to a data attainment process.
From self-portraits to portraits of my family and friends I paint people underpinned by technology. My practice is both at odds and indebted to a trajectory of social realism.
My paintings blend social realism's legacy with modernity. I explore how technology shapes our portrayals of people through a hybridisation of traditional painting techniques and contemporary technologies.
My research probes newly developing concepts in contemporary portraiture by questioning to what extent the physical presence of a sitter is no longer beings most eminent mode. What is a face-to-face encounter when we are amidst a Cybergaze.
What does it mean to paint from life today when screens have become representative and vernacular accounts of vision?