This painting "Bird Apparition" is oil and collage on paper, 2007. As an immigrant in predominantly white Britain I was forced to ask “Who am I?” “Where am I from?” I felt burdened by needing to interpret the culture of my parents, with out wholly understanding it. My vocation became the knitting together of disparate languages, conventions and myths. I questioned many aspects of my dueling cultures; integration, ... More

This painting "Bird Apparition" is oil and collage on paper, 2007. As an immigrant in predominantly white Britain I was forced to ask “Who am I?” “Where am I from?” I felt burdened by needing to interpret the culture of my parents, with out wholly understanding it. My vocation became the knitting together of disparate languages, conventions and myths. I questioned many aspects of my dueling cultures; integration, belonging and bridging gaps. So I become a “Fictional Historian” as I reinterpreted stories about a homeland that I only knew as child. This painting explores many of these issues. Short