Grief series

These pieces were created in the wake of my dad’s death — each one made during moments of deep confusion, disconnection, and a grief I didn’t know how to express. I struggled to process the loss in a way that felt real or complete. In the end, I felt nothing at all — and somehow, that was worse.

It’s only now that I’m beginning to truly grieve, and I’ve come to realise something no one seems to tell you: until you’ve experienced it, you don’t know how grief will shape you — or silence you.

Each work in this series is entirely improvised, as all my pieces are. They’re made using mixed media on unused flatpack cardboard boxes — a material that once carried weight, but was never used for its intended purpose. Like the grief I was carrying.

Every mark is unplanned, unfiltered — a raw trace of what I felt in that moment. All works are professionally framed.