Influenced by Barkley Hendricks, Alice Neel, and Kehinde Wiley, my portraits combine traditional and more playful elements together. I tend towards female sitters, presenting women as subjects not objects and tend to contrast coventional poses with vibrant hues and contrived environments. 

This self-portrait marks turning 35, gaining my Australian citizenship, and completing my Masters in Art Curatorship. Wearing a bold, pink satin suit, I present myself not as muse, but as author. The work claims space for female subjectivity and self-determination. It resists passive depiction, asserting a feminist narrative where the woman is not object but agent—sovereign, seen, and in command of her image—like the Queen of Pentacles I find myself secure and stable.