I am a London based artist, studying BA Fine Art, aspiring to work within the creative industries.
I work across oil painting and miniature model-making, using both mediums to explore perception, identity and storytelling. Through intimate scale I often explore themes of childhood wonder, imagined worlds, echoing the instinct to see beyond the ordinary. In contrast, my oil paintings tend to be more introspective, expressing how I perceive myself and the world around me. Together, these practices create a dialogue between inner and outer experiences, the imagined and the observed. Central to my work is my Christian faith, which informs both process and meaning, providing a framework through which I consider themes of creation and purpose.
This year, my work builds on the exploration of identity and perception by examining the historical misrepresentations of biblical women in art, with a particular focus on a woman called Bathsheba, her story has often been framed though a lens of blame and seduction, reducing her to a passive figure of beauty and desire. Through a combination of oil painting and a church diorama, I reimagine these narratives and shift perspectives.
In my reimaging, Bathsheba’s act of bathing becomes a moment of violation under a voyeuristic gaze, echoed through contemporary references to surveillance and the public consumption of women’s bodies. Her attempt to cover herself conveys both vulnerability and resistance, marking the beginning of a process of repair and the reclamation of authorship over her body and narrative. This Journey ends at a church, where she withdraws from societal judgement and turns towards God, seeking grace, forgiveness, and a sense of restoration beyond imposed shame. My work invites viewers to question how stories are shaped and who controls them.
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