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including stitching and paper mache, allowing me to emulate interesting compositions found in nature. One of my most inspirational comparisons between nature and portraiture were the lines that appeared in all subjects from the veins in plants to the veins in animals and in humans.

The concept of line led me to the artist Glen Brown, his intricate use of painterly line to recreate some of the most famous historical portraits. Inspired by this, I focused on the hands, which portray a theme of identity. My concern here was to highlight the lines using a vibrant colour found within Brown’s work with the monotone contrast of the hand drawing. This connection of vibrant red line assimilated a slow motion photograph of car headlights. From this point forward I investigated this theme by creating my own series of photographic work, which resulted in a piece with the lines found in the streets such as the paint on the roads, the lines formed by the architecture and the lines that lights formed while passing. This then developed and amalgamated into a series of works combining nature, line and portraiture. The work that I have selected for my exhibition will allow the audience to understand the process of my thoughts and experimentations.