The “PixCell” sculptural concept… is an intervention into, or a manipulationof, reality. The “cell” provides many different functions - choice, transparency, substitution, amplification - and it links directly to the senses… The surface of the subject is covered in transparent glass beads, …[replacing it with] some kind of “light shell”. Seen through this shell, the [...]

I used to read Franklin Dixon’s Hardy Boys series. It accompanied me through my early teenage years and filled me with preconceived notions of masculinity from an American perspective. As I was just about to reach puberty, I was not fully aware of the meaning of being a young man. The transition [...]

Youth fascinates me. I suppose I am not that old yet, nevertheless I feel the youthful bliss seeping out of every pore. I have lost my sense of inquisitivity - the frivolity and vigour that I did not even realise I possessed nary a few years ago. The burdens of adulthood are [...]

I have a love/hate relationship with fashion. While I adore the the visual aspect of it, I cannot wholeheartedly agree with the widespread use of rail-thin models. I myself admit that having a very slender figure allows the clothes to move and breathe as the designer envisions, allowing for greater freedom in volume [...]

Red is the warmest of all colours. It is the colour most chosen by extroverts and one of the top picks of males. On the other hand, red symbolises temper, agitation and excitement. I am an introverted person, full of pessimism and doubt, unwilling to engage in confrontation. Red is not [...]

As much as I detested Biology in school, I have long since realised and acknowledged that nature continually offers up beautiful examples of form and colour. Cell structures, for example, informed me of the power scale and repetition hold when attempting to induce an sense of awe. These paintings, as abstract as they are, [...]

I am here to talk about a man - to talk about a man, no ordinary man. Toward the end of his life he was honoured with the title of Mahatma: Maha means “great”; Atma means “soul”. Mahatma, Great Soul, a person who identified with the poorest of the poor, was a rousing [...]

Portraiture is beginning to really fascinate me. For me, capturing the essence is of utmost importance. I have come across many pieces that attempt to convey emotion to varying degrees of success. I truly believe the key is in the eyes. Eyes are our so-called windows to the soul. Without [...]

These photos are a short extract of the story of The Spider from the pioneering days of aircraft in the 1920s and 1930s… The aircraft started out life as KLM H-NADK. In 1927, it was sold to a Mr McIntosh who renamed it “Princess Xenia” and it was re-registered as G-EBTS. On [...]