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Dreaming in Confinement

66" X 66" , acrylic paint on canvas , 2020

‘The painting, Dreaming in Confinement, investigates my relationship to my surroundings and environment. During the pandemic, big changes took place, including the loss of my studio. The rental hikes in my building resulted in me having to let go of my workspace of 13 years. And when, at the beginning of the pandemic, my partner moved into my loft, where the only separate room was the bathroom, I was faced with the reality of no longer having a space of my own.

In a section of the living room, I dove into my art and found solace there. I painted places and expansive abstract landscapes that eased the mind and let me travel. As an independent woman, who had grown accustomed to living on my own, this new arrangement challenged me, but my painting practice offered the distance needed to bring balance back into my day-to-day.

In this piece, I want the viewer to feel a sense of space, as I build and organize new environments, both physically around me, as well as psychologically and emotionally within me. I am interested in creating paintings where concrete forms intermingle with elusive space, in an attempt to find balance. I am also interested in how colours can pop out boldly, while at the same time be soothing to the eye.’

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Walls and Windows series on Studio Walls

Walls and Windows

The series, Walls and Windows, began in March 2020. These paintings focus on the experience of ‘confinement’ during the quarantine period. In some ways, they act as an escape from a hard, intense and confusing reality into a softer, more expansive and colourful imagined world.

During this period, my painting practice offered the distance needed to bring balance back into my day-to-day. In this series, I want the viewer to feel a sense of space, as I build and organize new environments, both physically around me, as well as psychologically and emotionally within me. I work in an additive and deductive manner, while exploring depth through contrasting planes - vibrant and soft colours against white under layers. I am interested in how colours can pop out boldly, while at the same time be soothing to the eye.’

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