Premio Combat Prize

This body of work is stretching the possibility and fluidity of the paint, creating tightly constructed shapes, drawn from the abstracted landscape. The fine layers of colour are describing energetic human forms, that latch onto other subjects, reforming and routing into the surface. The figurative elements sink into the distant space and grow new structures, with thirst for power.
Within my work I aim to portray an understanding of ’home’, challenged by the passage of time, by layering images of old, decaying architecture with aspects of the landscape, to create a sense of familiarity. I use images of derelict houses and buildings, once perceived as safe, now withered with age, seem empty and lost. I fragment and reconstruct these images and aspects of the landscape, whilst embedding the figure to create an ungrounded space. I experiment with the narratives between the figures, stirring connections between them and the location.
I use the process of layering to connect subjects together, creating an element history as the layers develop. The subjects collaborated into this new space, is similar to a limbo of discomfort and desire. The linear description of certain subjects encourages a translucent depth as the images merge, allowing freedom to read through the layers.