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My current body of work deals with my attempt to develop a theory towards a definition of the aesthetics of trauma. I had started working with the subject of trauma very early in my work. One of my strongest early portrait paintings was of a man in a nazi war camp. 

details - nazi victim - 1995

  

I was trying to use colour to depict the horror of trauma and the affect it had on the subject. My current technique, while relying more on colour than painting skill, has evolved to a point where having my computer crash a few times during the making of a work can sometimes be the best thing for a piece. Aesthetically, I have incorporated the anomalistic interference caused by pushing my machine to the max, thereby driving my processor to the limit. 

You can have a 42 second 267kb sample the kind of work I'm doing below. To see the movie correctly right click on the it and zoom to full screen.

still from 'coloured trauma theory' - 2004

 still from 'forced removals' - 2004

If you are interested in seeing paintings on canvas, click on the image below. 

dante' - 2002

For older digital work, click on the image below.

still from bad for your health_wrong colour - 2001

Have you seen the boss anywhere?
Ukhe wambona na umpathi?
Het jy die baas êrens gesien? - 1997

This piece was inspired by the local story of a young man, approximately 19 years old, who was sent out in the snow to recover a sheep that his farmer boss had lost. The young man never returned. The work aimed to highlight relations of power in South Africa and consequently ownership and human rights. The site served as a direct reference between the actual story and the young man's community.