2021
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2021
Colours of the earth, a hint of copper. This series explores the relationship between order and chaos and the inability of one to exist without the other. There is a sense of abundance - colour and shapes spilling in and out the canvas, moving between abstract and realistic.
Colours of the earth, a hint of copper in some places in certain light. This series explores the relationship between order and chaos and the inability of one to exist without the other. There is a sense of abundance - colour and shapes spilling in and out the canvas, moving between abstract and realistic.
Drawing inspiration from the natural world, colours and shapes appearing in dreams at night, chasing those dreams on the canvas by day. The series explores the relationship between order and chaos and the inability of one to exist without the other. There is a sense of abundance - colour and shapes spilling in and out the canvas, flowers suggested and represented. There is a hint of gold, a touch of disco.
‘When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers’ - Thich Nhat Hanh. A gift from a husband to a wife, the painting symbolises the fullness of love in her life, the completeness of family, the ever evolving love in that unit which grows, changes, sheds and always finds its way back.
Shapes loosely representing a garland, a life cycle. Opposites compete - light and dark, abstract and realistic, warm and cold.
A joyous sense of abundance - colour and shapes spilling in and out the canvas, flowers loosely representing a garland.
Reflecting on a time of great difficulty that has passed. Stripped bare, the woman watches as the world she knows renews itself, makes sense once again. Flowers move in and out of focus, fall randomly and with intent. They represent order and chaos, and how fragile our hold on order actually is. Flowers within her body, hair and spilling from her hand reflect her interconnectedness with the earth and also her role in life becoming whole again. She is observer and participant.