Trauma I

The ‘Trauma’ series consists of close-up portraits of bruises. Bruises are so beautiful yet they are created through pain and force. I am fascinated by this dichotomy. They are delicately painted and softly rendered so they appear to look like colourful clouds. Without context they become unrecognisable and abstracted.

I work across many mediums, exploring the corporeal and abstraction of the human form. I take inspiration from a wide range of sources such as anatomy, microscopic images, derelict buildings and decaying vegetative matter.