ConsciousBed

Cara Jameson

My practice centres on portraiture that balances the macabre with beauty, creating images that feel both unsettling and tender. Working with highly saturated colour, I draw strong influence from cinematic worlds such as those of Guillermo del Toro, where fantasy, darkness, and humanity coexist. I hold a degree from Vancouver, British Columbia, where I majored in Film Production and minored in Creative Writing, and this filmic background shapes my visual storytelling and narrative approach to image-making.

My ideas often emerge from my dreams and a deep connection to my inner child, allowing fantasy to bleed gently into reality as I search for fresh, emotionally charged perspectives. As a woman of colour, my work is rooted in a desire to amplify minority narratives, pushing overlooked and unheard voices into the spotlight through imagined worlds that feel personal, strange, and alive.

Ultimately, my work prioritises feeling over comfort, inviting viewers to sit with emotions such as joy, grief, anger, or isolation, and to reconnect with the humanity found in discomfort rather than turning away from it.