Empathy as Data — a portrait practice defined
On basing ideas on real knowledge, and empathy as a source of understanding.
Studio
The writing collected here moves between the same territories as the work itself — process, philosophy, and the ideas that don’t fit on a canvas.
The current studio is in Montevideo, Uruguay, where I am setting up a new practice after relocating from South Africa in 2025.
Essays
Sanity as Practice
Sanity is a practice of engagement with the world and with your own mind, even when you disagree with what you find there.
The Reason for the Work
The unlikely background to how I think about my life's work, how and why it started and manages to continue
Articles
The Making of "In This Skin"
Process notes on casting a cement sculpture for the PPC Imaginarium competition, from failed moulds to a gold-leafed finalist.
The Making Of Thelma with Unfallen Rain
Process notes on a large acrylic portrait painted during the Cape Town water crisis.
About the Studio
The studio is more home than anywhere has ever been.
Our Gods Go with Us, Part 2 - The Casting of Wabele
A close-up view of the studio process, and my constant tussle with humility and hubris.
Documents
CV
Professional biography, selected exhibitions, awards, and residencies.