I’ve been considering the impact of family histories - especially matrilineal ancestors, for some time. How we experience the world and how our forebears help shape our lives and identities in the present has been an ongoing interest. Recent developments in biology, neuroscience and psychology have identified the usefulness of going back at least three generations to determine the patterns we tend to repeat and how we are impacted by emotional inheritance. ‘Family Ties’, 2022, reflects upon these ideas through interrelationships between form and colour, similarity and difference.