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“Red Lotus” is a vibrant and dynamic painting that commands attention with its rich palette of red, orange, and white hues. The canvas is alive with a sense of organic upward movement, evoking the graceful ascent of a lotus flower reaching towards the sun.
The upward movement in the painting gives a sense of unfolding, like petals reaching for the light. Delicate curves and graceful swirls create a sense of natural growth and expansion, as the flower reaches to grow and evolve, so does the human spirit. The overall composition suggests a harmonious balance between dynamism and tranquility, making “Red Lotus” a visually striking and emotionally evocative piece.
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Beyond every living thing, behind the veil of every physical manifestion, is an abstract form – a soul an energy, a truer truth. Sometimes, when we reach out with intuition instead of phsyical senses, we can start to see and feel behind the veil – we can perceive beyond Plato’s shadows into the higher truth of forms…if we (metaphorically!) look out the back of our heads…. This piece is an attempt to do that, and in my mind it represents the beautiful song of souls living, expressing their true selves and reaching, stretching, growing together towards the light.
Selected for Juried Exhibition “Abstractum”, Budapest, 9-30 March 2024
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I love this painting. Its hard to describe in words what it means to me… It’s about with teaching and learning – the relationship between mentor and mentored. The open infinite window in the center of the mentor figure beckons “come, dive in, grow, learn, evolve – you will still be you and there is wonder and amazement and connection and belonging on the other side. You are ready sweet thing, you can do it…come…”. And the soft ever so light angling of the box of the mentored up towards the teacher seems to be saying “really? me? Can I come?” I see a lot of my sister in this painting, the things I have learned from her and still do. It is a loving beckoning to grow into your full potential.
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Beyond every living thing, behind the veil of every physical manifestion, is an abstract form – a soul an energy, a truer truth. Sometimes, when we reach out with intuition instead of phsyical senses, we can start to see and feel behind the veil – we can perceive beyond Plato’s shadows into the higher truth of forms…if we (metaphorically!) look out the back of our heads…. This piece is an attempt to do that, and in my mind it represents the beautiful song of souls living, expressing their true selves and reaching, stretching, growing together towards the light.
Selected for Juried Exhibition “Abstractum”, Budapest, 9-30 March 2024
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Arise is a part of a recent series where, using experimental techniques with enamel paints, I create a kind of dance between intention and intuition and the images that this combination brings back always bring me new perspective and deeper understanding.
In this case, the sinuous curves are absolutely feminine and the sense of the elements stretching, interweaving and reaching upwards gives me a sensation of feminine strength and growth – evolving with acceptance of one’s self and celebration of the beauty and strength inherent in woman.
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I thought “why is a mirror always a frame? Why is there always a separation between what is reflected (the viewer) and what is created (the artist)? What if, in breaking down the squared edges of the reflective space…what if I can invite the viewer to participate in the feeling, the creativity, the artistry?”
Due to the shape and curve of the mirror, a viewer looking on this piece can see themselves reflected in a way that flows from and with the figures stance and feeling. Seeing themselves in this context is an invitation to participate, to share the ecstasy.
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With this piece I felt drawn back to more figurative work. It started as a self-portrait, but what i learned about myself while painting this has a more universal resonance, i think. Although she is timid, maybe a bit sad, and certainly facing challenges, complexity and confusion, she shows determination, resilience and strength. She will keep going, taking the next step forward and facing her challenges with grace. We all face challenges, trauma and sadness and this marks us – but it also forms us, gives us an opportunity to learn and to grow. So while I was first a bit worried (I am really so sad?), I realised that in this self-portrait I have painted not the sadness, but the strength and wisdom to pass through sadness to the other side.
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Full of energy and vitality, this piece evokes the excitement and joy that the comes with new creation – whether it be new conceptual creativity or actual physical fertilisation. It is about the dawn of new ideas (varied creative impulses gathering momentum to rush together into a newly formed vision) and at the same time it is about the beginning of the universe and the dawn of new life (particles and elements rushing together to unite in a big bang or to fertilise an egg). In my mind, these two, both the material/natural and the creative/conceptual, are the same energy. When we are immersed in that joy and flow of creative energy, we are communing with God and experiencing in ourselves the energy of the creation of the universe itself.
Exhibited at “Art Beyond Borders”, Milan, December 2023
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With this piece I was experimenting with some acrylic mark making techniques, curious how the techniques would work with oils instead. I love the softness of the layering and how the directional marks make a sense of energy and movement, and yet it feels like all that movement, energy, violence even, is a step removed – as though it is behind glass. Like watching a beautiful tempest outside the window, protected and warm while nature unleashes her ravaging beauty.
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Unmade is a harmonious and dynamic composition that uses organic textures with natural folds, curves and shapes to create a rich visual experience. It is full of intricate detail, light and shadow that never gets boring. That this beautiful creative viewing experience is made with something as banal as a bed sheet reminds us that there is beauty in everything. It conveys a sense of creativity and nonconformity, and gives us permission to break the rules – to take the risk and see what happens if we look at the things of drudgery and banality in a different light.
exhibited “RomArte International”, Rome, October 2023-February 2024
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Danae is an interpretation in glass and mirror of Milano Manera’s cartoon, itself an interpretation of Klimt’s “Danae”. Commissioned as an installation in a bathroom of a private villa. I love how this chain of inspiration and interpretation shows how art inspires art inspires art.
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This piece is about the crossover between internal and external landscapes, how we can see elements of nature and pull from them a deeper understand of ourselves and how we fit in the universe. The smooth, glassy and liquid flow in the center, surrounded by the intense and detailed complexities of the material around it, brings to me a feeling and understanding of how universal energy can flow through us. When we reach out to that flow, it brings harmony and serenity that can bring peace and that gives a sense and meaning to the complexity of our lives.
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To me, ‘Snow Tide’ is about how, even in a state of harmony and wellbeing, there are spiky bits – things we still need to learn, to digest, to understand and to grow from. And these spiky bits are an essential part of the beauty– their existence can transform banal contentment into true joy.
‘Snow Tide’ is a thought-provoking composition that uses shape and texture to create a harmonious blend of opposing elements. The monochromatic palette draws attention to the flow, shapes and textures, allowing their interplay to take center stage. The fusion of organic, curving forms with sharp, angular textures recalls the interaction between order and chaos, the effect of harmony enriched by conflict.
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