#50: A New Challenge: My Self-Portrait for the HSFK Portrait Award
I’ve begun a new self-portrait for the HSFK Portrait Award 2026 — one built from overlapping slices of my face to reflect the instability, shifting perspectives, and strange clarity that come with living with vertigo and chronic health issues. This post explores how the painting is taking shape and why this piece feels important to make.
#49: Finished for Saltaire — and Already Brainstorming the Next Chapter
After finishing and submitting my three paintings for the Saltaire Gallery Winter Show, the studio feels different — quieter, but full of possibility. In this post, I reflect on completing that chapter and turning my focus toward new ideas for the upcoming HSFK Portrait Award 2026 at the National Portrait Gallery.
#40: When Play Becomes Purpose
My moiré portrait project started as pure experimentation — no pressure, no plan, just play. But somewhere along the way, it became something more. In this post, I reflect on how creativity often finds its purpose after you’ve already started, and why that’s exactly the kind of surprise I love.