Oil on canvas
"My work is informed by spaces I have lived in and been to, things I collect, people I collaborate with, manipulating paint and colour in response to my subject matter. I like to think that ‘every picture tells a story’, but each painting exists as its world. I try to find beauty in things that seem insignificant, the ordinary. I have painted domestic objects – a willow-patterned piece of crockery from my grandmother, enamel tin plates and mugs bought from trading stores, different textiles and cloth. Influenced by the Limpopo Women’s embroidery and beadwork, I beaded my paintings with dots of paint. This decorative manipulation of paint may also be seen in more recent paintings of South African flora and fauna – while these works are hardly botanical, I hope they capture a different reality."