When To Switch Off Painting

I’m now in a place where I want to use my experiences as a doctor to influence my art; invoking thought to instigate change. I finally allowed myself the freedom to dive deep within myself, purge and draw out the pain, frustration, anger, joy and experiences of myself and every patient I have ever seen. Using predominantly oil with occasional resin and other mixed media, People Bleed is a contemporary collection bordering modern surrealism. The egg is frequently featured throughout the collection as a symbol of fertility, new life, fragility and loss: a powerful and raw juxtaposition to organic figurative work set often against a solid black background. The collection hopes to be a provocative and raw discussion on lesser-discussed truths of gender inequalities in health and society and what it is to live. Life is a symbiosis of hope and fear yet we instinctively run from the latter. When we acknowledge the lows with the highs, recognise life’s inherent struggles…we come to a place of acceptance; there lies the hope. If we accept that people bleed, and that that’s ok, would we find liberation and the journey along the way a little easier?