'Body' was created in my capstone project called 'Trial' which detailed the most distant ancestor I could trace back to - Alice Molland, who was the last witch killed in trial in England.
The paintings became an unspoken narrative in which I embodied the witch persona to reframe historically condemned acts of hysteria, confession and emotional turbulence as ones of agency and free-will. In this piece the paint is witchcraft, bold brushstrokes acting as alchemy and transforming into a silent testimony to her lost story. I challenge a relationship between the water and at what stage it is defined as a 'body'. The exploration into this part of my ancestry informs my positionality, my identity as a woman, and encourages my own desire for self-expression.
