My paintings begin as an emotional response to the world I live in. Sometimes that response is personal; sometimes it comes from my natural surroundings; and at times it is stirred by social issues such as homelessness, gender equality and racism.

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As an Afro-Caribbean woman, born in Trinidad, my artistic voice has been shaped not only by my unique heritage, but by the many ways in which I experience the world. I moved to the UK in 2019 and have lived and worked in Sheffield since 2021. I paint between those places, carrying the colour, folklore and rhythm of the Caribbean into a distinctly Northern British aesthetic. I work in acrylic on canvas, playing with organic motifs so that background and foreground create visual tension and the figure eventually emerges.

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Growing up, Trinidadian painters Isaiah Boodhoo and Carlisle Chang shaped my sense of Caribbean identity. Later at Howard University, I studied Jeff Donaldson's paintings for their rhythm, pattern and Afro-centric imagery, and since then I have sought out the layered work of Skunder Boghossian at Tate Modern and the Met.

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Living between two homes has taught me that belonging is something we build, not something we are given. Each painting is a record of that building: layer on layer of colour and texture, until something unspoken becomes visible.