I became interested in compositions with multiple bodies and intimate portraits and this made me re-engage with art history - looking for depictions of the body that were celebratory and unashamed. I was interested in making new versions of old themes while also seeing the present from a classical perspective.
Unveiled, unclothed, revealed. Skin next to skin.
To find source material I also looked outside the art world, to pornography. Translating graphic images into paint is like applying a filter to a lens. I show you what I see.
I am not interested in the idea of the static body as object - but more the body as self aware and sensory.
The body of desire and longing. Of sensuality and discovery.
There is something very honest about desire. Desire is hunger - is instinct. A craving for connection and escape from isolation.