I’ve just spent a long time exploring the edges of my self-portraits. Rather than taking the lines outside of the drawings, I have started to contain them within a portrait ‘frame.’ These drawings interest me
However I have also been looking at the work of Abstract Expressionist artists, particularly Franz Kline. As a result I’ve decided to spend the next week making the work bigger.
In the age of the Selfie my work challenges the conventions of self-portraiture. I make drawings that are informed by my senses - touch, sight, movement. My intention is to use my own sensory experience to create self-portraits but not to reveal a representation of my body. Instead the work is a record of my shifting perceptions. In making the work I am seeking to capture my own vulnerability on a journey of self-discovery.
