artists' statement

Artist’s statement

My work examines the build up and catharsis of stress. My self-portraits are personifications of the emotional and mental anguish caused by the accumulation and culmination of stress. Cracks found in our school buildings are used to symbolize the effects of pressure on students.

As moths are believed to be symbols of insanity, particularly due to their self-destructive attraction to lights, they aptly reflect my brush with madness as I succumb to the pressures of the education system. I conclude my coursework with a diptych series of solar-etched prints.

euphemistic innocence.

My work examines the build up and catharsis of stress. My journey through my school years was far from smooth. As I near the A-levels this build up has inspired me to channel its essence: translating it into my course of work. My self-portraits are personifications of the emotional and mental anguish caused by the accumulation and culmination of stress. Most of the cracks found in school seem to portray the pressures of the education system. As moths are believed to be symbols of insanity, particularly due to their self-destructive attraction to lights, they aptly reflect my brush with madness as I succumb to the pressures of the education system. I conclude my work with a diptych series of solar etched prints.