Artist Statement – Figurative Nude Work
 
My nude works explore the human form not as an object of desire, but as a landscape—soft, powerful, and deeply connected to nature. The body, especially when reclined, becomes terrain: hills, valleys, flowing lines. I want these figures to feel expansive and grounded, like earth. They are not confrontational. They are gentle, feminine, and quietly strong.
 
Growing up with an English mother and a sense of modesty, I’ve always been aware of how the nude is perceived. My aim is to reframe that gaze—to create something that honours the female form without objectifying it. These works are not about seduction. They are about presence, vulnerability, and beauty on one's own terms.
I use sponges, soft tools, and layered washes to create movement and softness—like the feeling of skin, or the memory of a moment. The edges blur, the tones melt into one another. There’s a looseness to the surface that invites emotion before precision. You feel it before you see it.
 
There’s a sense of quiet energy in these figures—like a breath between moments. They’re relaxed but full of life. Every curve and contour is alive with intention. Each pose is open, self-possessed, and grounded in its own power.
 
Up close, the paintings are abstract—gestural, expressive, sometimes raw. Step back, and a figure emerges: calm, poised, embodied. I want the viewer to feel both the intimacy of touch and the distance of reflection.
 
These works are a celebration of the body as home. Feminine, yes—but universal in their emotional reach. They speak to softness as strength, to beauty as something innate and unguarded.
 
Ultimately, these paintings are about reclamation—of space, of form, of self. A reminder that the human body, in all its quiet complexity, is something worth celebrating.
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