Float

‘Float’ comes from a recent series of paintings, entitled ‘Vestiges’. The group of paintings is about quiet mark making and fleeting moments, filled with space, suspended thoughts, and half-seen gestures. Overall abstract, the works are deeply rooted in the physical and mental landscape, referring to the sun, to weather, bodies of water and rocky masses. Drawing hints at fragments of branches, leaves and plants, tree trunks, towers and doorways. Bits of handwriting, seemingly almost readable, are mixed with purely expressive gestures referencing an inner landscape, an emotional journey.

The feeling throughout is of the edges of a dream you can’t quite remember, a song or conversation almost heard, frail hopes and half remembered stories; fleeting moments. Point of view is fluid. Imagery breaks up: drawn and then erased or obscured, leaving a sense of vacancy. Vestigial images drift across veils of space, moving through, as though their time here is limited. Fragments are faded and hidden—things barely seen in the mist.

I made this series of paintings in the fall of 2024, a time of anxiety and uncertainty. They carry a sense of the fragility of human stories and memories. There is a feeling that we have just missed something meaningful, leaving behind an echoing sense of longing. And yet, there is promise. Upward motion, energetic gestures and flecks of colour populate the surfaces–tiny signifiers of rising, escaping, of dreams and hope.

Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Cradled Panel

Dimensions: 18"x 24"

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