Portfolio of Painting
I work closely with my models, often friends, and I aim to capture not just their physical likeness but also their own expressive process. Whether based on photographs or in-person sittings, my portraits ask viewers to engage with these subjects and their narratives. Through the process of painting, I look for empathy and connection, I look for myself through their eyes.
Painting is central to everything I do, and a canvas is a tool for exploring my own humanity, and for understanding connection, belonging and home.
Jane Dressed Up
60 x 90cm
oil on canvas
This Most Ancient Beauty
80x110cm oil on canvas
(reserved)
Body Beautiful
65 x 85 cm
oil on canvas
Thelma with Inca Lilies
90 x 120cm
oil on canvas
Nora in Winter
70 x 50cm
oil on canvas
Thelma Swathed in Blooms
56 x 60cm
oil on canvas
Bongi at the Shebeen
70 x 90cm
oil on canvas
Mary in a Blue Blanket
90 x 120cm
oil on canvas
A History of Sudan
90 x1 20 cm
acrylic on canvas
Hybrid Dog Roses
120 x 90cm
acrylic on canvas
Zintle with Gold Hibiscus
80 x 120cm
oil on canvas
Monica Looks Forward
120 x 90cm
oil on canvas
Contact us for availability, commissions and additional info on any piece.
Strong Colour and Structural Grey
Colour theory is central to painting, even more than materials science or even basic polymers. Colour is something an artis can control...mostly.
I love greys and browns. They're the foundation of composition, and tonality, essentially, is structure. Line is also inescapable, since by losing and finding an edge, we gain perspective and move past the flat surface of the canvas.
All that aside, colour is frequently where I find the most joy. Pure cadmium is as beautiful as it is dangerous, transparent glazes, layered just so, make a flat painting into a hologram. And painting all that has the dopamine-driven addictive quality that makes this work the only thing I can't seem to quit.