ABOUT

As a teenager immersed in digital warfare, I developed a love of camouflage. In Call of Duty and similar video games, weapon camouflages exist as desirable, collectable assets. Determined to show off my in-game achievements at school, I spent countless nights gaming late. Many homework assignments were "lost" as a result.

Coming from a typically reserved British background, I feel a strong reluctance to show emotion. Creating art pushes me into an uncomfortable space, where I merge a deeply ingrained identity shaped by my Stone Island and jeans-wearing dad with a more empathetic side. My patterns express my confusion about my British identity, while also offering an ironic visual language for a desire to create authentically in an increasingly deceptive world. By stripping camouflage of its wartime functionality, I invite the viewer into a space where a 'softer' sort of man can exist openly, without feeling the need to conceal those qualities.