Art

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Logo with the letters 'D' and 'O' intertwined in black on a light green circular background.

My art practice works across concept development, visual research, mixed media, typography, installation and public-facing communication.

I use art to test ideas, make meaning visible and explore how people respond to voice, memory, silence, place and social context. The work often moves between physical and digital processes, using material, text, image and space to shape audience experience.

My practice continues to develop through self-led projects, exhibition work, public themes and the relationship between Fine Art, design and creative media design.

A grid of 25 fingerprint images arranged in five rows and five columns, varying in color from red, purple, pink, peach, to green.

Artist
Statement

My art practice uses typography, visual systems, material processes and audience interaction to make overlooked meanings visible.

I work with text, image, surface, scale and space to explore how people are heard, silenced, represented or reduced. My practice often begins with something small: a mark, a word, a full stop, a fragment of language or a repeated visual form. Through research, experimentation and making, these details become ways to examine identity, control, memory, public voice and the tension between what is seen and what is ignored.

My background in design gives my work structure, but Fine Art gives it space to question, disrupt and invite response. I am interested in work that does not simply present an outcome, but creates a situation for reflection, participation or recognition. The viewer is not separate from the work; their interpretation, movement or response becomes part of how meaning is formed.

Across my practice, I use control and disorder together. Repetition, hierarchy and typographic systems sit alongside collage, texture, material testing and public-facing installation. This allows the work to hold contradiction: clarity and ambiguity, silence and speech, individual identity and collective experience.

Art

Skills

Catalogue

A visual catalogue of the art practice skills I use across concept development, visual research, mixed media, typography, installation, audience engagement and public-facing creative work.

  • Table with green border and white paper that has the words 'Impossible' printed in bold black and white letters.

    Concept Development

    Idea generation, visual enquiry, research-led development and the translation of abstract themes into resolved creative outcomes.

    Tags: Concept / Research / Creative Development

  • Collage of artistic images including silhouettes of people, various textures, and black-and-white patterns taped to a white wall, with a small skeleton figure in the foreground.

    Visual Research

    Image, text, material, context and reference gathering used to test direction, meaning, tone and audience response.

    Tags: Visual Research / Context / Meaning

  • Collage of torn magazine pages featuring black-and-white and color images, including a woman with dramatic makeup, a piano, and various buildings, with text excerpts and credits.

    Mixed Media Practice

    Layered physical and digital processes using collage, print, image, texture, typography and constructed visual surfaces.

    Tags: Mixed Media / Material Process / Image-Making

  • Close-up of a circular black object with cut-out text, placed on a white paper underneath. The background shows packaging with green text that says 'for Label Watch Part'.

    Typography

    Type used as visual material, not only written language, through scale, repetition, disruption, hierarchy and expressive layout.

    Tags: Typography / Text as Image / Visual Language

  • Floor plan for Danielle Oliver's exhibition at The Exploratorium, showing a layout with balcony and wall sides, marked sections, measurements, and an area for public access. The exhibit is titled 'The Unmute Project'.

    Exhibition & Installation

    Spatial arrangement, wall-based work, large-format visuals, audience movement and the relationship between artwork, space and viewer.

    Tags: Exhibition / Installation / Spatial Design

  • Handwritten notes on a whiteboard or paper about body positivity and self-acceptance, mentioning choices over body shape, size, color, and gender, emphasizing that clothing is not an invitation, and encouraging self-love.

    Audience Engagement

    Creative work shaped around participation, response, visibility, public voice and how viewers encounter meaning.

    Tags: Audience / Participation / Public Response

  • A black and white handgun with a red tip pointing upward, partially covered by a torn newspaper with a bold red statement that reads, 'LOVE NOT MY BODY'.

    Public & Social Engagement

    Practice connected to voice, silence, memory, place, history, identity, public communication and social context.

    Tags: Social Practice / Public Themes / Context

  • A collage of black and white and color images on a wall, including newspaper clippings, artwork of protestors, QR codes, and handwritten notes. There is a skeleton model at the bottom and a fingerprint pattern on the lower right.

    Reflective Practice

    Ongoing evaluation of process, intention, audience, material decisions and how creative work develops through iteration.

    Tags: Reflection / Process / Iteration

  • A black vinyl record with the label 'Capitol' at the center, and stamped registration around the edge mentions 'Stere-O-Matic; Limited Edition; 1500 copies.' The record is taped at the top with masking tape and is placed on a tiled floor.

    Material Experimentation

    Testing surfaces, textures, processes, scale and visual treatments to discover what best supports the idea.

    Tags: Materiality / Experimentation / Process

  • Close-up of a blue circular object with white embossed text about the effects of a fault box on a wire. The object appears to be a 3D model within a CAD software interface.

    3D & 2D Digital Process

    Digital methods used to develop, refine and present creative work through image editing, typography, layout, photographic manipulation and screen-based production.

    Tags: Digital Process / Image Editing / Creative Workflow

  • Close-up view of a white board with the word 'EDUCATION' written on it in large blue letters, with a black round top object resting on the board and a green light underneath.

    Physical Process

    Handmade, material and spatial processes used to test texture, surface, scale, construction and the physical presence of creative work.

    Tags: Physical Process / Materiality / Making

Art Gallery

Selected examples of Fine Art and mixed media work, showing how I use text, image, surface and material process across visual and public-facing outcomes.

Close-up abstract image with vibrant, iridescent colors and textured, crackled patterns.
Torn collage of magazine and newspaper clippings forming a portrait of a person's face, with the word 'FRAGILE' written across the chest.
Abstract painting with splashes of blue, black, white, red, green, and orange colors.
Collage of torn magazine paper creating a portrait of a joyful woman with her arms raised, surrounded by various black, red, white, and gray papers with text.
Abstract painting featuring blue, red, white, and black colors with dynamic brushstrokes and splashes.
A collage artwork featuring torn paper, text, and abstract illustrations with a rebellious theme. Prominent colors include black, red, and white, with a distorted portrait of a woman with red hair and a visible mouth, and various text fragments like "I am more than my disabilities."
Colorful printed fingerprint patterns in a grid, transitioning from yellow to green to blue, on a white background.
Collage of magazine cutouts forming a woman's face, holding a sign that reads 'Life's Knock Laugh Out!' in red text, with a dark background.
Colorful abstract pattern resembling water or ice, with swirling lines and vibrant hues of blue, purple, green, and hints of red and yellow.
Red lipstick print, overlapping black and white newspaper clippings, with overlaid red text that reads 'Society makes me feel less human!'
Close-up of a printed fingerprint with ink smudges in shades of brown, black, blue, and red.
Abstract collage featuring torn magazine pages, text, and images of a butterfly with orange, black, and yellow wings, with prominent text reading 'Turkey' and 'art of travel.'
Abstract painting with swirling shades of blue, purple, and hints of white and brown.
Collage of a portrait of a woman made from torn newspaper and magazine clippings on a black background.
Abstract painting with red diagonal strokes and light blue, black, and beige splashes, with the text 'My Body Is My Own' overlaid.
Collage of newspaper clippings with bold red text saying "I Am A Priority Not An Option" over a black and white illustrated face wearing a red hooded jacket.
Two women working together at a desk in an industrial-style room, with one sitting and writing, the other standing and pointing at some papers.

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Artwork Commissions

I am open to selected artwork commissions across mixed media, digital collage, typographic artwork and public-facing visual work.

To discuss a commission or project idea, contact me directly.

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