Untitled- 175x155cm

Using the words sinister, beauty and sublime as a range to traverse, there’s an exploration of projection, identity and reflection in my painting. I did not draw from particular thoughts other than the pretext of my practise of exploring the range mentioned, mainly considering technical elements, creating a projection and a conversation with myself post completion. The work becomes about what it insinuates about myself and what I see projected in the painting, bringing about thoughts on vulnerability, identity and emotion. For the viewer, the painting exists in between concepts, touching on familiarity yet being something quite distant in an unfamiliar landscape. Sitting as something both inviting yet sinister, it challenges the relationship between concepts surrounding beauty and sinister and whether those concepts can be somewhat intertwined in existing in each other. It becomes about painting itself and what it is in between the image and painting that creates the evolution into a visceral experience.