Unsteady as we go |

For as long as we have had the cognitive capacity to do so, humankind has been grappling with existential questions — Why are we here? Why do we suffer? Why can't we stall, reverse or quicken time?

These elementary questions prove ever the more difficult amidst the growing complexities of the modern world. How should we secure ourselves in this ever-changing tide? Do we look for meaning in everything we experience, accepting the highs and lows all as part of the full human experience? Or do we simply enjoy the good and survive the bad because in the end, everything passes? Perhaps peace lies in accepting these questions, this inner turmoil, as a constant, predictable state. After all, is it not this very ability to respond to life not just instinctively but with both reason and emotion that marks us as human?

The Unsteady as we go collection of 18 works is the result of an immersive engagement with these questions. In surrendering to the depth of emotion they evoke, the artist provided space for colours, tones, lines and forms to interact of their own accord in the first layers of the paintings. This intuitive process of creating was followed by a more controlled, considered drawing together and balancing of elements. Now, suggestions of depth contrast with superficial mark-making, while pools of rest contrast with bursts of bold energy. Ultimately, the viewer is invited to appreciate the balance that exists amidst the chaos, making their own meaning as they do so.