Sometimes You Find Your Life When You Don’t Know Where to Go 2026

Lyrics from the jazz and blues I listen to online while working in my studio inspire the titles of this painting series, which evoke an imagined conversation between people.

I begin with a quick sketch on location and a photograph of my surroundings—in this case, a café table on the footpath along Armstrong Street in Middle Park. This gives me a starting point. As I explore how colour might shape the composition, the unknown gradually takes form.

Colour is how I express emotion. It welcomes viewers and triggers their responses. I’m especially drawn to the energy of complementary colours: their contrast leads the eye through a vibrant spectrum of shifting hues and muted tones, transforming the mood. What begins as a familiar space — and the experience of meeting face to face — becomes a deeply emotional encounter: fresh, positively unfamiliar, and open to renewed visual exploration.