Inspired by Halloween and its references to the supernatural and the afterlife, Ghost is a series of still images exploring the expressive qualities of drapery, shroud-like forms, darkness and the void, hot and cool colours, and lustrous, holographic, iridescent surfaces.

The history of art is filled with representations of cloth, primarily as the dress of figures but also as curtains, bedding and shrouds. Since the Renaissance, drapery has featured heavily in still-life imagery, serving as a backdrop, table cover, or simply a decorative or expressive element. Victorian Spirit Photography used darkroom trickery and muslin to create ghostly apparitions.

While creating Ghost, I became fascinated by how materials behave when transformed through photography, taking on a life of their own and becoming animated through the act of being photographed. In this suite of works, silk, satin, organza, cellophane, and foil sit centre stage in the twilight atmosphere of my dimly lit studio, where they fall, fold, smother, tangle, flow, spill, twist and unfurl. The material's mutability, shifting forms, and shimmering surfaces speak of immaterial things: the life force, evanescence, and the constant flow of time.