Artist

I am a South African emigrant based in Sydney. My work deals with colonialism and its effects on the human spirit and the natural world. I draw and write preliminary ideas in my sketchbook, primarily within my urban environment. I explore these ideas further in more significant works on paper, working mainly with charcoal and applying techniques that make the most of this medium.

I am interested in exploring and analysing personal traumas that directly result from colonialism. As a traveller, I have observed this trauma mirrored in colonised countries. It is omnipresent, unavoidable, and shared. As a person who searches for connections and understanding, my art and writing are an inescapable reflection of this.