Memory Series (2026)

This project is based around nostalgia and the loss of childhood memory. These paintings showcase photos from my childhood, using colour and figurative style to convey distant memories. The use of sepia, compared to colour, highlights that it is my narrative being told.

'First Friend'

Oil on Canvas (40x40cm)

This work is of myself, as a baby, with a stuffed rabbit. I am in my car seat, asleep.

'Small Shoulders, Big Roles'

Oil on Canvas (40x40cm)

Here I am, playing the Angel in my nativity play. Beside me sits a classmate, dressed as a star, who I now know as just memory.

'Playdate'

Oil on Canvas (40x40cm)

In this piece, my cousin (by marriage) is at my house. It is afterschool, I changed out of my uniform.

'Birthday Girl'

Oil on Canvas (40x40cm)

I am celebrating my fifth birthday in the living room, where my parents held a party with my classmates.

'The Day I Met You'

Oil on Canvas (45x45cm)

Here I meet my newborn cousin for the first time, sat on the couch at my Nan's house.

'Before We Grew Apart'

Oil on Canvas (45x45cm)

My cousin (through the friendship of parents) and I sit together, posing on the couch, dressed for Eid.

'Family Meal'

Oil on Canvas (45x45cm)

My auntie, my late Nanna, and I pose for a group picture, as we have a meal at the local Chinese Buffet.

'Baba and I'

Oil on Canvas (45x45cm)

Here I am, no older than three, with my paternal Grandfather. He passed away when I was 3, and I now only know him through the memories of others. 'Baba' was my title for him, as I've been told.

'A Mother's Love'

Oil on Canvas (50x50cm)

My Mum holds me up to the camera, proudly presenting my arrival.

'My First Hero'

Oil on Canvas (50x50cm)

During a family holiday, my Dad and I pose for a picture by the seafront. I kiss him on the cheek, as he playfully blows a kiss at the camera.

'Breakfast with the Gremlin'

Oil on Canvas (60x60cm)

This early morning scene shows my baby brother and I having breakfast on the couch. He is alot older now, but I will always call him 'Gremlin'.

'All of Us, Once'

Oil on Canvas (60x60cm)

In my Uncle's living room, my cousins (paternal) and I pose for a picture. My Dad has us all pose with our heads tilted, to try and get us all in together.