I have been looking into the Expressionist movement, and the work of Francis Bacon and Oskar Kokoschka as an influence for my own work. Both painters' work was heavily influenced by the human psyche. I was drawn to Bacon's work for his study into the human subject as being a site of intensive psychological and physical conflict. Oskar Kokoschka interested me for his approach to creating visual work. He used secondary revision heavily when producing his landscapes and portraits. He believed that it is this mental impression of a person or place that truly mattered in representing them truly. And this is what I am trying to do with my imagery, to use it as a means to reflect on past events.

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