CANDY

Dimensions

Graphite, watercolour, gouache and black ink on 300 grams paper
Dyptich: this work is created in two separate pieces that belong together
30 x 40 cm / 11.81" x 15.75"
2019

Original work available - contact me for more information.

A DIFFERENT SELF

Sometimes it’s easier to show the face others expect to see - a different version from yourself. Not even that different; but not the “you” that you feel you truly are. It takes courage to find and show the true “you”.

Dimensions

Graphite, watercolour, gouache and black ink on 360 grams paper
30 x 40 cm / 11.81" x 15.75"
2018

Original works available - contact me for more information.

IN BETWEEN

Dimensions

Graphite, watercolour, colored pencil, gouache and black ink on 360 grams paper
30 x 40 cm / 11.81" x 15.75"
2018

INSTAGRAM YEAR IN REVIEW

In collaboration with @instagram I made 5 illustrations portraying five amazing individuals who raised their voices in 2017 in support of the LGBTQ community; discussions around mental health and recovery; sex and body positivity; and women’s collectives.

Alok

Quil

Areeba

Shalice

Montana

Dimensions

Graphite, watercolour, gouache and black ink on 360 grams paper
30 x 40 cm / 11.81" x 15.75"
2017

OUT OF MY MIND

Dimensions

Graphite, watercolour, acrylic on 360 grams paper
30 x 40 cm / 11.81" x 15.75"
2017

TEARS OF GOLD

Dimensions

Graphite, watercolour, gold and black ink on 360 grams paper
30 x 40 cm / 11.81" x 15.75"
2017

THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL

Dimensions

Graphite, watercolour, gouache and black ink on 360 grams paper
30 x 40 cm / 11.81" x 15.75"
2017

UTOPIA

"A utopia (/juːˈtoʊpiə/ yoo-toh-pee-ə) is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities."

The title of this work expresses the utopia of a world I would like to live in, where people (like the characters I create) can be themselves without meeting resistance from the outside world.

The diptych shows two people standing in front of you very openly, very vulnerable - literally naked. By their hair you initially might assume their gender, but when you look further you might notice your first instinct isn't always right. This is where we get to the point: it actually doesn't matter what gender WE think a person has. We should't have to guess because it doesn't matter; it doesn't value a person. We are all human beings, with the same red blood and the same heart, figuring out what we want in our lives and wanting to love or be loved.

Defining gender should be the least of our problems.

Everyone should be free to find a way to be comfortable in their bodies and dress the way they want to. Or change their body according to their gender identity, to how they feel inside. Because being yourself no matter what, is what's going to make you grow. You'll be a better version of yourself. That's what's going to make you the amazing human being you are.