New works, new contemplations: some thoughts behind my new body of work…

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Iris Germanica, 2012 Oil on Linen, 137 x 152 cm

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Rembrandt showed me that the play of light against the darkness is a sense of truth. It showed me the way we experience feeling; and about mood, drama and the illumination of human emotions.

When I met a woman who had suffered the traumatic loss of her vulva to cancer, I was stunned with her story and inspired by her mission to raise awareness on gynaecological and women