©️Transient ebbs & flows (2020), Mixed media on canvas, 30” x 30”/76cm x 76cm/

This piece is my favourite and one of the first that i created. It started on a day during lockdown 2020 when life was heavy and i wanted to send it in a new direction. I also knew i wanted to work on a bigger piece and just let loose with it. It started a spiritual, intuitive and therapeutic process where i would just let go of everything and let the paint take me anywhere it wanted to go. This process continued in all my creations after this. This piece became very energetic which was the opposite of how i felt, as i have several health conditions sapping energy out of me. I find the colours whip me up and help me along every time i look at it. It reminds me of being inside a wave and going with the flow of nature. The marks across the centre were made with ink and i just kept moving the canvas until i felt like it was complete with the right drip marks. They have created a pulse/ECG line like you'd find on a heart monitor but also it could be viewed as fish bones which again took me back to the wave idea. I found this interesting because it seemed like the art was trying to breathe new life into me or whoever looked at it. It really does take the viewer on a journey to a better place. Due to it's size and shape, the artwork fills a big portion of the wall and can become meditative if displayed in a bedroom or quieter space. When i look at it, i feel completely absorbed by it, much like the experience i had when in a room of Rothko's at Tate, London, except i felt more hopeful rather than in a low mood. I adore Rothko's work though because of that feeling of being one with the work. He also worked on bigger pieces and loved to use colours to evoke feelings.