alice
wisden

Growing up my dad worked at the tip and always brought home suitcases full of photos that had been discarded. By trawling through the lives of others I develop paintings inspired by the concept of memories, human behaviours, and identity. Shortly after studying for a BA in painting at Wimbledon College of Art, I developed severe epilepsy leaving me in a new territory that I now approach daily.
I work creating seemingly simple faces in line on top of loaded painterly backgrounds. Through imagery I aim to address artistic ways of framing sanity and indifferent approaches to life.

I developed severe epilepsy 5 years ago and now i am identified as disabled. This is a very new place to what i can remember before being diagnosed as epileptic and told that i am disabled.

I feel conflicted by the sudden use of the term disabled featuring daily in my life. I do not feel disabled yet my body disagrees.

I like to avoid identifying as disabled but have unfortunately learned this can actually turn out to be very selfish and although i find others react differently towards me when told, i now have a new identity that i will always be conflicted by.       

I am still an artist

I still make art that reflects upon human behavior

These two things are the aspects that have not been affected by the new conflict with my identity.