I paint the moments of my life that I wish to hold onto forever. I have spent my life’s most significant, transcendental mo- ments with good friends. In my work, I keep going back to great conversations over beer and fries or laying in bed at 7 in the morning after a rave, three of us staring at one phone watching half-funny Tiktoks, dreading the comedown but knowing that we will tightly hold each other through it. I paint my new friend eating noodles and going through my notes to remem- ber that I stopped feeling lonely when I could sit and study with them, that I realised I had a new meaningful person in my life when they took care of me when I was sick, I paint my best friend getting dressed, one sock-less foot, ready to turn heads at breakfast with beautiful clothes all made by himself. Using bright and cheerful colours and elements of pop cultu- re, I turn to humour to give a new meaning to the pictorial traditions of portraiture. My work honours these moments that made me feel part of something, that made me feel loved. I feel full and can give back to them. It takes a committed friendship to be comfortable like this, to feel at home with someone and experience real intimacy, and once you get it, you want to hold on to it tight as teeth. I invite viewers to connect to their memories of feeling this way. I also want to show my friends how beautiful they are and remind myself of the worlds we can inhabit while transiting this weird life.