LOST AND FOUND
Feeling lost, although unpleasant, is often a good sign. It's the moment when things start shifting and the momentum for a change is growing. When you miss the leap towards materializing what you think you’re meant to be doing in your life, you find yourself in a perpetual limbo. There are times in life when we lose our direction.
This is what I went through this year with my life as an artist. But I persevered and created this wonderful series.
I start each piece by painting the colours on the canvas randomly without any idea what I am going to paint on it. Then I sit in front of it and respond to what I see to start painting a figure. Because I love painting faces and hands, I then work on these. As a whole, I leave out sections of the figure as the viewer would already know where everything goes. This stage I love cos it brings the figure alive. I continue by putting a few more details, such as parts of the clothing, arms, neck, hair and feet. I then work on tones, light and dark in the entire painting to make the figure work with the background so the painting works as a whole.
The theme of this series is exploring the narrative we are given in life. We create a spontaneous environment that envelopes our sense of being. The being that emerges (like it does in my paintings) kind of mid-way in a sentence.
I was once lost at some point in my journey as an artist and for now have been found. It is okay to sometimes feel lost in our lives as it means something better is waiting for us and all the feelings arise to show us something more about ourselves.
It Is Not In The Stars That Hold Our Destiny But In Ourselves 2025 oil on canvas 61 x 91 cms £ 1,000
When we Learn What It Is Our Soul Needs, The Path Presents Itself 2025 oil on canvas 61 x 91 cms £ 1,000
There Is An Ancient Peace You Carry In Your Heart And Have Not Lost 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms £ 850
I’d Forgotten Who I Was Because I’d Let Someone ElseTake Over the Definition 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms £ 850
When You Feel Lost, Listen To Your Soul. It Will Tell You Where To Go 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 90 cms £ 850
Our Doubts Make Us Lose The Good We Oft Might Win By Fearing To Attempt 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 90 cms £ 850
Sometimes You Have To Let Go To See If There Was Anything Worth Holding Onto 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms £ 800
Not Until We Are Lost Do We Begin To Understand Ourselves 2025 oil on canvas 61 x 91cms £ 850
All Cannot Be Lost When There Is Still So Much Being Found 2025 oil on canvas 70 x 90 cms £ 1,000
We All Get Lost Once In A While Sometimes Due To Forces Beyond Our Control 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms £ 800
New Beginnings Are Often Disguised As Painful Endings 2025 oil on canvas 61 x 92 cms £ 850
The More We Learn, The Less We Realise We Know 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 60 cms £ 600
Sometimes Illumination Comes To Our Rescue At The Very Moment When All Seems Lost 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 90 cms £ 850
Your Real Self May Be Hiding Somewhere, Look For It Within 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 80 cms £ 800
In The End You Don’t So Much Find Yourself As You Find Someone Who Knows Who You Are
2025
oil on canvas
50 x 120 cms
£850
Please note that I take commissions if you wish to have the same theme done.