My life had stood - A Loaded Gun - Extra Large, 2022

Artist's commentary

This artwork is named after a line in Emily Dickinson’s poem of the same name. The surface meaning is about a personified gun, but delve a little deeper into the text and Dickinson’s views on women and poetry are, perhaps, revealed: a woman and her words are not only powerful, but in a man’s world will stand the test of time.

I take pride in

the fact that my contemporary approach of art making, to capture my model in splashes of paint using contrasting colours, gives a sense of passion and energy.

A random fact I love is

That many of my artworks are named after lines in songs, or poems, that have significant meaning to me as a woman.