I was at yoga

Some weeks ago

My teacher held her

Palms above my face

and they did a dance

That sweet smell of lavender 

Fell into my space

and i thought

Shit.

thats nice isn’t it

She feels like that

Her

She feels like Palo Santo

Palo Santo

Blue Dream 

Luz da manhã in Portuguese, meaning Morning Light is inspired by fresh starts and sleeping with your curtains open.

Luz da manhã

Primavera - She’s inspired by the first days of spring, of that feeling when the sun first hits your cheeks. 

Primavera

Viva - Inspired by picking something back up that makes you feel alive again

Viva

Water Weeds is a painting about bringing yourself back to something constant, feet firmly on the ground, strong. 

It was inspired by a phone call with my father during a time of uncertainty and confusion with “the right path”

My father, he told me to find water, and look at it for at least 30 minutes. 

In this moment, I realised how much strength and constant there is in the rivers flow. I realised how much I love those water weeds that look like a whole different world lives inside of them, so thick that baby ducks can just walk straight across them with ease. They smell how I think the colour green smells like. 

Water Weeds is a reminder of the constant. 

Water Weeds

Inspired by the last days of summer, T-shirt and shorts, Berra Moretti in hand, everything feels in slow motion. So as you take the warmth of the sun in, in one deep breath you remember it will come back soon. A gentle reminder that time passing is ok.

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