My work is primarily concerned with creating a tension between the drab, ornamental and stereotypically feminine to explore the underlying fears, conflicts and anxieties that occur in domestic spaces.

I use drawing, painting, collage and printmaking processes to construct my images, also expanding my practice into three-dimensional planes using MDF, wallpaper, carpet, chains and soap. More recently I have been experimenting with ceramics and am keen to continue learning the craft and integrating it into my work.

Domestic spaces can be spaces for; comfort, family, and safety, or conflict. Visually I have explored this conception by staging installations as “domestic battlegrounds”. The floral motifs and domestic materials are gentle and innocuous but upon closer inspection, the imagery of armoury and targets reveals a tension.

As well as themes of gender roles and power relationships in the home, my work explores the surreal nature of domestic spaces; materialism, self-containment, anthropomorphism and kitsch. The crossover between art and design and the distinction between functionality and decoration are key focuses in my research.

When examining fencing and boundary lines I adapted the protective fleur de lis symbol, found on railing tips, casting them into soap; a protective material against viruses. The act of the soap passing through the boundary line into the home is a significant realisation of performance and participation with the work, facilitated by Embassy Gallery in their Postal Exhibition ‘In Touch’ (December 2021).