The Mirror Image Series, started in 2012, depict mirrored cut-out portraits of African busts backed with inked watercolour paper. The idea for these pieces as with most of my silhouette works is to start with inspiration from the traditional 18th century European craft of silhouette making and substitute the European profile for an African one. In relation to this, the free-flowing use of ink on the paper is reminiscent in colour and application of African textile-making traditions. The combination of the colour, hairstyles and facial features combine to make powerful pictographic portraits of contemporary subjects