I seem to be the sort of person who is slightly obsessed with darkness, not the night time darkness, but anything and everything to do with taboo subjects such as suicide, witchcraft and depression. It is all foreign to my life which is probably why it intrigues me so much.
It all started in 2006 when I began photographing things that had died. I then went to Europe and I became obsessed with photographing people suffering from extreme poverty and when I started university I began making artworks of a not so positive nature and it is still continuing. I really like pushing the boundaries and making people question everything they have ever known or thought.
Elements like colour, shade and sound make or break a piece of artwork or website and decide what people get from it. Darker colours signify darkness in mood and bright colours signify a lighter mood.
I tend to aim for the darker mood colours, such as black, blood red, grey and off-white in the forms previously discussed. I find it more engaging to see something confronting then something I could see any day, anywhere or anytime.
I think there is so much bad in the world why not embrace it...
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