My work is rooted in concepts of obscurity and ambiguity.
Working on this series I felt a wonderful sense of release and space of my own. It felt as though I was allowed to be in that space, just to be and be allowed. That’s when I started looking at crows. The freedom they have while flying fascinates me, maybe because that is something that I don’t have. I started thinking: what does space mean to a crow? And what does space mean to me?
The portraits represent a desire to be, but not seeking to be seen or to be paid attention to. I drew inspiration from 19th century representations of the female form. These women were devoid of identity, portrayed as objects of desire. By contrast, in my work, the self becomes both subject and object. The crow becomes a metaphor for freedom and anonymity. They are one, or better to say one is the desire of the other.