Mum’s House is a deeply personal exploration of memory, belonging, and the quiet poetry of everyday life. Each painting in this series captures a fragment of a home shaped by history, emotion, and intimate connection. Through these works, I sought to document the objects, spaces, and moments that create the atmosphere of my mother’s house, with a sense of both attention and reverence.
I refer to it as Mum’s House not to suggest ownership, nor to overlook the presence and influence of my stepfather, but because the house feels to me like the fullest expression of my mother’s creativity. From painting imagined walls and doors, to renovating interiors, to designing this house, her creative life taught me to understand space as more than functional: as something bound up with safety, independence, and the possibility of being fully oneself. Any importance that home, shelter, or emotional atmosphere holds in my own work can be traced back, in part, to that inheritance.
The paintings are composed through close attention to light, shadow, and the small details that often go unnoticed: a chair in morning light, a book left on a shelf, a staircase framed by greenery. These seemingly ordinary moments are what give a home its soul. By painting these intimate corners, I am preserving not only a place, but a way of seeing and understanding space that has been passed down to me.