Within this body of work I shine a cautiously optimistic light on life with depression - understanding and acknowledging the challenges it presents whilst making a conscious effort to find joy and beauty amongst the melancholy.

“Have a Nice Day” is both the project title and a mantra, a stubborn refusal to allow unbalanced brain chemicals to dictate life, to confront and work through depression with an air of hope and playfulness.

Depression does not define a person and it does not define the aesthetic of my work.