Athena, olea europaea, April 2021, watercolour, pastel, ink & pen on Fabriano smooth paper, 85x120cm, £950

Custodian to an olive grove, I tend and prune the trees, my paintings reflect the natural environment, sensations, reflections of the sounds and scents, play on light, an appreciation of the therapeutic qualities of the natural world. In the works I work on the balance between spontaneity and deliberation, on getting that alignment, I love the physical connection with the bigger works, the flow, fluidity against the stillness, loose over gusto, its all an experiment, play, breaking down the surface with conflict, ease, melting, I get so much satisfaction from a single sweeping chalk mark or line, the musicality is something I am very conscious of too, accessing deep within us, that guttural vibration, frequencies, the interconnection of movement, pattern, tone.

“I just wish someone had told you your true extent. How you connect to mountain glaciers and tropical orchids. How you come from ancient fish and before that single cells that found advantages together. How starlight, even now, animates everything about you” Dr Elizabeth Sawin