BIOGRAPHY

I am a Scottish artist from Aberdeenshire, currently studying a Fine Art MA at Edinburgh College of Art.​My practice is a meditation on emotional reactions, looking at common female experiences of mistreatment and misogyny. I am currently focusing on anger and exasperation, playing with the idea of female judgement over the viewer and the feminine perspective of life. Looking at a range of source imagery I create both figurative and non figurative oil paintings and prints. ​

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My practice is a meditation on emotional reactions, honing in on how this transpires throughout and within female experiences.  Spanning prevalent personal, social and political issues for women. With a current focus on states of vexation, I explore emotional reactions through angry female iconography. I have chosen this concept in response to observing repressed female anger in everyday instances. Traditionally an unwelcome trait for women to have, anger has been continually muted with dire consequences for women. 

 

Imbued with exasperation, irritation and rage, my figures place judgement on those viewing them. The reaction between audience and portrait is fundamental to the function of the works, enlivening the portraits and creating an exchange between the two. Whether installed as stand alone pieces or together in series they aim to evoke a reaction from the viewer. The power dynamic over the audience causes the response, charged by the size of the faces, their expressions and their unavoidable gazes.