The people in my paintings use jewellery, make up, hair, clothing, shoes, tattoos and piercing in order to transform their external persona in some significant way. I want to show in my paintings how people are resisting the repression of individual choices and freedoms; what and who we choose to be, making a ‘choice’ of male or female identity and enlarging what is deemed as aesthetically acceptable.
Central St Martins College of Art and Design, Fine Art, BA Hons