My paintings tend to start from stories that grab my interest – stories that fascinate me and stick in the back of my mind for weeks, months, or sometimes years. Some come from my reading of history, while others come from YouTube videos, podcasts, or stories I hear in everyday life, family stories. Through the process of painting, I can anchor my thoughts about these narratives as a way of reflecting on them – exploring the stories and gradually unpacking what makes them interesting to me.

I have always been drawn to stories. I think it’s because they are multipliers of experience. One person can only live so many things in one life, but storytelling allows you to live multiple lives and encounter many different experiences. An interest in stories feels like one of my most basic instincts – perhaps something that connects us to each other. 

Many of my paintings tend to draw from my reading of history, stories from the past. I think this is because it is easier to judge things from a distance than from up close. Looking back with hindsight allows you to see how one thing slowly becomes another thing. History often feels as though it repeats, though it doesn’t but stories from the past often remain surprisingly relevant. 

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