Garden of Secrets 01 frozen It’s the feeling of pulling

It’s the feeling of pulling back a curtain at dawn

A mixture that is roughly 80% building sand and 20% cement

The painting exploits the conventions of cinematography by using close-ups

complex and colourful palette and I wanted to convey a moment of hope or acknowledgment to my fellow kin that we are changing the tide of things (although it is not our responsibility to do so) The collective power means that the winds are changing albeit slowly

Garden of Secrets 01 frozen It’s the feeling of pullingWe all have secrets in varying degrees along a sliding scale from deliciously bright to dangerously dark. Sometimes we hold onto them for the sake of others, or to bond with someone, and sometimes we just keep our own secret thoughts in order to feel alive and singular. They float around in the background of our lives, drifting in and out of focus. We can wander through them at any time of our choosing, like a hidden garden. This image was created