My work explores notions of power and authority, as well as style and subjectivity. I have always been interested in politics, history and people in authority. I guess painting portraits of political figures is a very direct way of trying to understand how histories are meted out and interlinked. It is important for me that my works are not restrained by judgment, but rather that there would be a tension between the recognition of these known figures and the way that they are painted. The style may be seen as being more significant than the content. It is also important that the works are not seen as a political statement because I feel that, although art can and does form political commentary, art cannot be primarily political. It is restrained by its place in society.