Pigment On a Page

I'd painted in secondary school and loved portraiture, but never pursued it further. After some travelling in Kenya I fell ill and turned back to painting during my recovery mostly to fill my time in a productive way, but also to capture some of my memories. I loved the escapism that painting gave me: being completely immersed and absorbed in the moment of mixing colours, occupying your mind in replacement of that dangerous social-media scrolling we're all guilty of. 

Boniface, one of the children at the Kenyan orphanage I volunteered at, made a lasting impression on me. His wicked smile and brash giggle could melt anyone’s heart (go on, I bet you'll struggle to find him in the gallery). I wanted to capture his mischievous cheek for other people to see in a way that a photograph does not relay. So, I set-to. The response I received from this painting amongst friends was overwhelming! Someone asked ‘how do you do that?’. It’s hard to answer, really, but I best described it as putting pigment on a page (oh the alliteration).

Among this response I was asked to paint a commission. Then, a-bit-of-life-and-one-website-later and here we are! I've created this site for anyone to get in touch about commissions they'd like.