The state of Being
Exploring life's journeys...
Becoming I
Acrylic on canvas (84x60cm)
2026
This piece evokes ideas of creation, memory, identity, and quiet resistance. The figure's face is presented as if wearing a monochrome mask - perhaps this is the mask forced onto them by society. However, the candles shield the figure and create a hushed, almost sacred atmosphere, enabling a safe space where rainbow hues can flow through the figure to the page, suggesting that writing is a beautiful act of becoming and revealing the self.
The use of a quill and the redundant ink pot sets the image in a bygone time, asking us to appreciate the history and historicity of queer writing, voices and people. Our voices, through writing, will carry across the ages.
I write in the in-between,
In the margins,
In the spaces you left blank.
I write the words they told me not to speak -
my name, my truth, my body, my love, my life.
I write because I refuse to disappear.
This is my story
in my own language.
Original: £850
Giclée prints available in custom sizes from £45.
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Becoming II
Acrylic on canvas (91x61cm)
2026
The day he wiped away the dirt from the mirror and saw the possibility of his whole self. Every facet, every glorious detail, every aspect.
The search for identity is ongoing - we are forever creating ourselves, embracing imperfection and changing through life experience. Our full self is a wonderful thing - sometimes it takes years for us to develop the courage to fully embrace it, be proud of it, and live authentically in it.
This piece is for every wonderful Queen, King, Thing, and all humans who ever looked into themselves and saw the possibility of more.
Original: £1500
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Paradise ≠ Happiness
Acrylic on canvas (40x30cm)
2024
It is a common conception that if we were to be in paradise, we would necessarily become happy. However, thinking that a beautiful environment will solve problems, comes from a perspective of externally-based fulfilment that can never be realised.
This piece depicts the idea that it is very possible to be in the depths of a personal hell, whilst physically being in a heaven.
An interesting corrective stance on this subject is voiced by Leighann Amanda who says, “The other day, someone accredited my happiness to the fact that I have been living in paradise. Paradise did not create my happiness, happiness created my paradise.”
Original: £400
Giclée prints available in custom sizes from £45.
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