My work often crosses with figurative painting and drawing, as the work largely touches on representation and identity, my stories are told through the context of utilizing figures arranged in a familial layout to communicate the then dialogue between the viewer and the visual image itself.

My making process involves utilizing archival video stills which I sensitively review and dissect in my research to reinterpret the eventful mood and emotion that I freeze in time while adding or subtracting from the original reference. My work stems from my lived experiences in these settings. I often re-live the experiences vicariously through the figures while drawing and painting them using oil, oil pastels and acrylic paints.

With 25,000$, I would purchase a few rolls of unprimed linen canvas in different textures and weights so that I can work bigger and deeper. I would also purchase some new hog hair brushes as they are destroyed after 2 finished large sized paintings. With the remaining sum I would get a plane ticket to Trinidad & Tobago to document Carnival for research on my next work in progress series titled “Carnival” which is another extension of my over arching body of work titled “Caribbean Renaissance”.