“EGO’S JAW” (ACRYLIC, MASKING TAPE AND OIL ON CANVAS, 100CM X 100CM) — 2024

A PAINTING ABOUT PUB FIGHTS. A PAINTING ABOUT OPEN WOUNDS. A PAINTING ABOUT TORN OFF SKIN GRAFTS. A PAINTING ABOUT THE JAW TWITCH OF A REFORMED FIRM MEMBER ON THE WAY BACK FROM A CHELSEA GAME ON THE DISTRICT LINE. A PAINTING ABOUT OLD HABITS DYING HARD. A PAINTING ABOUT AMERICANS IN LONDON. A PAINTING ABOUT THAT SPACE OF NOT KNOWING WHETHER THE STARE YOU’RE RECEIVING MEANS YOUR ABOUT TO BE HURT OR HUGGED. A PAINTING ABOUT RELENTING. A PAINTING ABOUT RELEASING. A PAINTING ABOUT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NO LONGER THERE IN A DISAPPOINTING MIKE SKINNER SET AT KOKO CAMDEN IN 2023. A PAINTING ABOUT LISTENING TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL BULLYS LISTENING TO THE AUDIO BULLYS. A PAINTING ABOUT LISTENING TO OASIS IN YOUR 20’S TO KNOW HOW WHITE KIDS FELT IN THEIR TEENS RECLAIMING THEIR RACIST DAD’S LORE. A FILM ABOUT BOYS WHO DRESS LIKE THOSE GUYS NOW, TO IMPRESS THE GIRLS THOSE GUYS MADE FEEL LIKE SHIT, THEN. A PAINTING ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS TELLING YOU UR WORKS HARD. A PAINTING ABOUT WHITE REVERT COCKNEY GANGSTER MUSLIMS EATING HALAL TURKEY ON A SUNDAY. A PAINTING ABOUT ALGERIAN UNCLES WITH ENGLISH ACCENTS. A PAINTING ABOUT THE STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES. A PAINTING ABOUT WHAT WE DON’T TELL OURSELVES. A PAINTING ABOUT ALL THE ONE DAY’S. A PAINTING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT DIDN’T GET TO HAPPEN ONE DAY.