A progression from her initial ideology behind the 2019 series Blue blood, exploring the elevation of people of colour as royalty, Exile to Mars carries on this theme however taking a darker more twisted exploration as it unpicks the entwined secret traumas and twisted psyches many of us possess.

The significance of the blue paint as not only a primary colour but also for its role within chromotherapy, a school of psychological thought tracing back to Ancient Kemet: exploring the psychology of how colours stimulate us; blue possessing qualities to instil a sense of inner reflections in on, calmness, peace and honesty.

Touching on the artist’s favourite graphic novel  Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons that follows the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes whose human failings ultimately draw into question what differentiates heroes and villains.

Dr Manhattan’s heavy influence evident throughout much of her classic style even outside of this series, as the artist uses the stylised blue to examine elements of the human psyche, humanity’s decreasing ability to relate to its self, questioning the ethicality of our approach to mental health systems, externalism, determinism and taking a magnifier glass to mental illness within black and brown communities.