Shards of Self
Original Artwork 2025
This piece actually started from a dream where I was floating through a kind of galactic tunnel, and these sharp, glowing forms were spinning around me. That image really stayed with me and decided to use it as inspiration for this piece. I took one of my earlier cubist compositions and broke it apart, transforming it into these shards flying through space. Each shard carries parts of my usual visual language, but now it’s all in motion. The small figure on one shard represents those moments of reflection, where you’re trying to find your place in the middle of all your own layers and fragments.
Acrylic on Canvas
16inch Round Canvas
Kaleidoscope Series:
This painting is part of the series called Kaleidoscope, and I feel like it really marks a new direction in my creative journey so far as an artist. I usually work in a cubist style, with bold patterns and colour, but with this series, I wanted to take those familiar elements and completely dismantle and reimagine them in new ways—stretching them into cosmic, emotional, and spiritual spaces.
A lot of the imagery in these pieces actually comes from dreams I’ve had in the past, really vivid, symbolic dreams that have stuck with me. They often involved portals, floating figures, shifting architecture, or being watched by something larger than myself. When I learned of the theme of this year's south-versed exhibition I referred back to my dream journal and I started sketching these ideas and realised they were all guiding me into a different way of working which I was really excited about.
For me circular canvas felt essential for this series. The shape is continuous, like a cycle or orbit, to me it holds complexity without needing edges. To me, each painting became a portal, and the title Kaleidoscope captures that sense of constant rearrangement. It’s a metaphor for how identity isn’t fixed. We’re always shifting, piecing together ancestry, memory, ambition, displacement, and spirituality into something that keeps evolving but is still uniquely us.
Overall, Kaleidoscope is about transformation, both personal and artistic. I’ve taken the visual language I’ve developed over time and stretched it into new territory, guided by dreams, memory, and intuition. Each piece is a portal, a layered world, and an invitation for the viewer to step inside and reflect on their own ever-evolving sense of identity and what it means to them.
Shards of Self
Original Artwork 2025
This piece actually started from a dream where I was floating through a kind of galactic tunnel, and these sharp, glowing forms were spinning around me. That image really stayed with me and decided to use it as inspiration for this piece. I took one of my earlier cubist compositions and broke it apart, transforming it into these shards flying through space. Each shard carries parts of my usual visual language, but now it’s all in motion. The small figure on one shard represents those moments of reflection, where you’re trying to find your place in the middle of all your own layers and fragments.
Acrylic on Canvas
16inch Round Canvas
Kaleidoscope Series:
This painting is part of the series called Kaleidoscope, and I feel like it really marks a new direction in my creative journey so far as an artist. I usually work in a cubist style, with bold patterns and colour, but with this series, I wanted to take those familiar elements and completely dismantle and reimagine them in new ways—stretching them into cosmic, emotional, and spiritual spaces.
A lot of the imagery in these pieces actually comes from dreams I’ve had in the past, really vivid, symbolic dreams that have stuck with me. They often involved portals, floating figures, shifting architecture, or being watched by something larger than myself. When I learned of the theme of this year's south-versed exhibition I referred back to my dream journal and I started sketching these ideas and realised they were all guiding me into a different way of working which I was really excited about.
For me circular canvas felt essential for this series. The shape is continuous, like a cycle or orbit, to me it holds complexity without needing edges. To me, each painting became a portal, and the title Kaleidoscope captures that sense of constant rearrangement. It’s a metaphor for how identity isn’t fixed. We’re always shifting, piecing together ancestry, memory, ambition, displacement, and spirituality into something that keeps evolving but is still uniquely us.
Overall, Kaleidoscope is about transformation, both personal and artistic. I’ve taken the visual language I’ve developed over time and stretched it into new territory, guided by dreams, memory, and intuition. Each piece is a portal, a layered world, and an invitation for the viewer to step inside and reflect on their own ever-evolving sense of identity and what it means to them.