I paint because I have always had an inherent need to express myself creatively. When I paint, I feel free, I feel transported into another dimension where time does not matter. Nothing matters but what I am doing in that moment and I can truly be present within it. It is an expression of myself which communicates different things to different people and that means something to me. I feel that every time I put brush to canvas, I am painting a reflection of something important. Art to me is a reflection of the spirit of the times, the very definition of the term Zeitgeist. Every time I create a piece it is a reflection of something from that time, from that moment. Something personal or something which reflects society. Either way, it is a way of documenting. I strive to avoid censorship so that I may progress in my ability to express and relate through my work each time I create a new piece.

I work with primary colours and blend the colours that I want as I go along by instinct. I use a lot of prussian blue to create shadows and backgrounds that recede. I create the overall image first by sketching on to pre stretched gallery canvas and then forming a basic under painting before beginning to build up the oils. The last four themes that I have exhibited have been consciously chosen for specific social themes which were of interest to me. I like to work in series as I feel this allows me to express and tell a story about the chosen subject matter more completely

In my current practice, I strive to access the unlimited intelligence of my higher self in order to one day produce something true and completely uninhibited by moral or aesthetic preoccupations. I am getting away from social themes and going back to myself. Truly attempting to express what is within according to surrealist principles. This idea has grown out of the fact that all previous work has been so focused on looking outside of myself. I am attempting to get back to the place where I began in order to be truly free in the expression of myself. Back to the time when I was first influenced by the life and work of Frida Kahlo who so beautifully punctuated her life with work which represented the spirit of her life.

Past exhibitions:

• October 2009 Solo show Soho, with National Centre for Domestic Violence charity (NCDV) London, UK
• June 2009 Group show Opera Gallery Budapest Hungary
• March 2009 Group show Rich Mix, Brick Lane UK
• February 2009 Group show. Screen Nation Awards Bafta, Piccadilly UK
• October 2008 Solo show "Supermodels" Nolia's Gallery Southwark UK
• August 2008 Solo show. "Black Lipstick" Clapham UK
• June 2008 Solo show. "Black Lipstick" Bernie Grant Art center UK
• November 2007 Group show. I2U gallery Ladbrook Grove UK
• October 2006 Group show Francophone Space African Arts Portsmouth UK
• Feb 2006 Solo show "Black Brits" Islington UK
• 2005 solo show Buffalo film festival Clapham UK