While living flowers and leaves usually depict ideas of hope, love and happiness, Dead ones embody feelings of the opposite; decay, depression and sadness. Embalmed in permanent stasis, the use of real flowers and leaves in these pieces reflect the complexities of being human. I am interested in the struggles and the contradictions. The beauty, and, simultaneously the dark wells of the mind.

I use Pansy Violas in particular in my work, as the pansy is mentioned in the Shakespeare play Hamlet, Ophelia, who is mad with grief at the death of her father, rambles on about strewing herbs "And there is pansies, that's for thoughts" (Act IV, Scene 5.) Additionally, the word pansy comes from the French 'pensee' meaning 'thought'.

The use of gold references Kintsugi, the Japanese practice of repairing broken vessels by sealing the cracks with lacquer and carefully dusting them with gold powder. Kintsugi, (translated to “golden joinery), is a philosophy that the value of an object is not in its beauty but in its imperfections, accepting fragility, building strength and resilience, and taking pride in the imperfect. Things can and do fall apart.

The pieces are named after medications for various mental health disorders, Which are reminiscent of names of Greek gods/latin stories, As if the figures depicted in my work form my own pantheon of gods, the gods of mental health.


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Sertraline 28
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2023

Sertraline 27
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2023

Sertraline 15
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2023

Sertraline 25
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2023
SOLD

Sertraline 23
Fabric, ink and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2023

Sertraline 26
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2023
SOLD

Sertraline 12
Fabric, ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2022

Sertraline 4
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2022

Sertraline 27
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2022
SOLD

Axoren 10
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2022

Axoren 9
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2022

Axoren 8
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2022

Axoren 1
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2021

Axoren 7
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2021

Axroen 6
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2021

Axoren 5
Ink and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2021
SOLD

Axoren 4
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2020

Axoren 3
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2020

Axoren 2
Ink and Pansy Violas on paper
30 x 42 cm
2020
SOLD

Tianeptine
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
30 x 40 cm
2020
SOLD

Methylphenifate
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
30 x 40 cm
2019
SOLD

Naltrexone
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
30 x 40 cm
2019
SOLD

Mirtazapine
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
30 x 40 cm
2019
SOLD

Pregabalin
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
30 x 40 cm
2019

Quetiapine
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
30 x 40 cm
2019
SOLD

Modafinil
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2019

Doxepin
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2019
SOLD

Olanzapine
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2018

Desyrel
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2018

Prochlorperazine
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2018

Clonidine
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2018
SOLD

Clozapine
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2018

Pimozide
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2018

Nalmefene
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2018

Disulfiram
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2018

Paroxetine
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
60 x 80 cm
2018

Triazolam
Ink, gold paste and Pansy Violas on canvas
80 x 100 cm
2018
SOLD

Trazodone
Acrylic and Pansy Violas on paper
49 x 69 cm
2018

Zolpidem
Acrylic and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2018 - SOLD

Melperone
Acrylic and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2018 - SOLD

Risperidone
Ink, gold paste, Pansy Violas and Skeleton leaves on paper
50 x 70 cm
2018

Paliperidone
Pencil, ink and Roses on paper
50 x 70 cm
2018 - unavailable

Dexmethylphenidate
Ink, gold paste, liquid copper leaf and Verbinas on paper
40 x 30 cm
2018 - SOLD

Midazolam
Ink, gold paste, Pansy Violas and Vinka Minors on paper
40 x 30 cm
2018 - SOLD

Promethazine
Pencil, silver paste and Pansy Violas on paper
50 x 70 cm
2018 - unavailable

That's For Thoughts
Pencil, Pansy Violas and gold paste on paper
50 x 70 cm
2018 - SOLD