Nairobi Eve (2012)
A reinterpretation of the “Green City in the Sun” and the hope raised in seeing it begin to throb with new life, especially in the arts. Acrylic on canvas with newspaper print.
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#Harambee63 Subject Matter and Conceptualisation
Why the subject? What else? I have been lucky to access the richest archives in the world concerning Kenyan history with respect to the KLFA and the war for independence. These archives are both buildings and minds. For about two and a half years, people across Kenya opened their doors to questions over what exactly ...
#Harambee63 An Experimental Installation
#Harambee63 – A Project about African Revolutions and the Price of Independence The project calls into question ideas we hold about our individual roles and capacities in times where bravery and action is required. All so-called revolutionaries are ordinary people but these ordinary people changed the world. By taking ...
More Supernatural Grip (2013)
Acrylic on canvas, silver pen and chalk with magazine print. This piece shows the great debate between what we present about ourselves and what we really mean to ourselves.
Blindness Strikes Hard (2011)
A rejection of the one who preaches fish and delivers fish bones Acrylic on canvas, oil pastel with newspaper print.
First Sighting (2010)
An exploration of pregnancy, labour and the process of becoming a mother and seeing the world through new eyes. *142/146* are the heart rates of the twins that this woman carried while*19% – 99%* is the measurement of pain allocated to each contraction. The painting is split in half by the linea nigra just the ...
Sees (2012)
People will see what they want to see about a particular situation. The bold lines represent the clarity of mind of the person being observed and judged through the mess/confusion that people see, cluster and gossip about. Acrylic on canvas, newspaper print and charcoal.
Older Version (Soon to be Obsolete) (2011)
A butterfly signifies the spring of a new life where the spine of the artist anchors her to her firm grounding but does not stand in the way of the new direction she intends to take with her art. Other elements to look out for: white dove, sun, grass, bursts of energy. Acrylic on canvas, ...
Bottomless Nest (2012)
A woman lies beside the man she loves, longing to carry his child, separated by what feels like a sea between her undulating hips and the mountainous silhouette of his body lying next to hers. The first of a series of three paintings inspired by artwork by Keith Haring and Michael Soi. Acrylic on canvas ...
1-2-3 Web (2012)
A dark cloud looms over a union. The union is split over a strike to the heart creating a web of three. This messy web leads to pain and bleeding. Two lines along the edge of the canvas represent the emergence of a new union of two. Acrylic on canvas with newspaper print.