Original Painting | The Start of a Summer | Crossing: 2.2 | 120 x 160 cm Framing Option:Natural Oak Floating Framed (+3cm) (5.5cm depth) the figures move across collaged

the figures move across collaged paper and ink with visible edges

Bold gestural brushwork with palette knife and brush layering

and aqua reflections on the water surface

The Crossing

I understood then that words are what we use when the connection is incomplete

Original Painting | The Start of a Summer | Crossing: 2.2 | 120 x 160 cm Framing Option:Natural Oak Floating Framed (+3cm) (5.5cm depth) the figures move across collagedTitle: The Start of a Summer Paradox: The beginning arrives disguised as an ending. The Story This was the painting where I first felt myself arrive. Everything before it was preparation doing what I was taught, painting what I thought I should. This one came through differently. The colours were too loud, the sky was wrong, and the figure was me sitting in a place I had not found yet. I painted it before I understood what was starting. Looking back,