Artist Statement

For me, I find it comfortable and enjoyable to create art that relates to nature and also has cultural influences from Japanese manga and plant life.

I prefer to work without colour but often enjoy using pastelised watercolour to bring life to my images. Artists that influence me are Chiho Aoshima and Hayao Miyazaki, as I studied Aoshima’s work in secondary school and enjoyed the strange twists that her work possessed as well as growing up with Studio Ghibli’s movies; designed and animated by Hayao Miyazaki. Huge influences on my work are I the films Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. 

I also use my ability to create art as a way to let out anything internal that is bothering me or that I feel could have the potential to become something beautiful. 

For me, what is unique about my art work is the range of emotions, colour schemes and cultures that are tied into my works. For example, I draw tattooed, pierced women as well as flower wearing, peaceful looking males. Violent images that contrast with loving images. 

What my art work means to me is me. My work is me. It represents all that I am and how I see people as well as the world and the inner workings of my brain.