Artist Statement
My practice explores the relationship between autistic perception and cinematic storytelling, treating each work as a still frame drawn from an imagined film. Working primarily in acrylic, oil, and graphite on canvas and MDF, I construct immersive compositions that translate heightened sensory awareness into quiet, luminous environments.
Light operates as a central structural element throughout the work. Recurrent particles and illuminated forms function as perceptual markers rather than decoration, referencing moments of focus, rhythm, and emotional density. These elements reflect the way attention, pattern, and atmosphere are experienced and organised within an autistic perceptual framework.
Influenced by the narrative restraint of Japanese animation and the visual poetics of surrealism, my work exists in liminal space between stillness and motion, realism and abstraction. Anime-informed compositional logic is combined with fine art processes to create images that resist linear interpretation and instead reward prolonged viewing.
Autism functions within the practice as a perceptual lens rather than a subject. It informs how space is structured, how light is weighted, and how meaning accumulates gradually. The resulting works favour contemplation over explanation, inviting viewers to encounter familiar worlds through altered perspective.