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Art transforms, brings about epiphanies and moves Humanity towards it’s collective desire to transcend mortality.
New work
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new work: 2025: Disintegration series
Inspired by the marks made in my painting “Glass Ceilings IV” and listening to “The disintegration loops” by William basinski in the studio.
I’m currently creating a series of smaller paintings (35x25cm) on canvas using gesso, french chalk, acrylic, graphite and tissue paper. this is an emergent exploration into the joy of applying materials, manipulating them, tearing into them, vigorously rubbing out, exposing and hiding details and in that, creating something beautiful, in balance and serene.
“Disintegration” (2025)
(35x25cm) Acrylic, gesso, tissue paper & graphite on canvas
“Disintegration II” (2025)
(35x25cm) Acrylic, gesso, tissue paper & graphite on canvas
“Disintegration III” (2025)
(35x25cm) Acrylic, gesso, tissue paper & graphite on canvas
“Disintegration IV” (2025)
(35x25cm) Acrylic, gesso, tissue paper, french chalk & graphite on canvas
“Disintegration V” (2025)
(35x25cm) Acrylic, gesso, tissue paper & graphite on canvas
“Disintegration VI” (2025)
(35x25cm) Acrylic, gesso, tissue paper, french chalk & graphite on canvas
New work: 2025: Glass ceilings series
“A glass ceiling is a metaphor usually applied to women, used to represent an invisible barrier that prevents a given demographic from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. The metaphor was first used by feminists in reference to barriers in the careers of high-achieving women.”
In my work I’m using the metaphor a little differently. The concept of a ‘glass ceiling’ relates to human beings feeling trapped, contained, wanting freedom, and seeing potential for freedom beyond the current dictates. In this series I am exploring differing and changing perspectives of ‘Glass ceilings’ from the viewers first subjective awareness to the experience of stretching beyond it…I’ve noticed that there are many paths towards an embodied sense of one’s potential for limitlessness.
artworks 2025
“Glass Ceilings” (2025)
(80x70cm) Acrylic & mixed media on canvas
“Glass Ceilings II” (2025)
(80x70cm) Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
“Love Me Again” (2025)
(75x65cm) Acrylic & mixed media on canvas
“Glass Ceilings III” (2025)
(100x80cm) Acrylic & mixed media on canvas
“Glass Ceilings IV” (2025)
(80x70cm) Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
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