Secrets are the shadows we carry - sometimes sheltering, sometimes corrosive, always shaping the space between what is known and what is hidden. They can protect, conceal, or confine; they can wound or preserve. This work explores the duality of secrecy, where silence may be both a sanctuary and a burden, and mystery both a veil and an invitation.

  
The piece is rendered in a deep ink blue, built through layers of resin: blues that evoke depth and distance, purples that suggest intimacy and ambiguity, and a final veil of black that obscures, softens, and withholds. Together they create an optical darkness that resists easy reading, hinting at forms beyond perception - a surface that seems to withhold as much as it reveals.

  
The mirrored ground draws the viewer into this obscurity, offering a reflection that is partial, elusive, fractured - never fully given. In this interplay, the work becomes a metaphor for secrecy itself: what is glimpsed but never grasped, what lies beneath but cannot be summoned into light.

  
_Secrets reminds us that mystery has its own allure. Not all that is hidden is meant to be revealed, and not all that is revealed brings freedom._

  

Secrets Experiment

The capacity to endure hardship and flourish anew is a testament to the strength inherent in every life force. Resilience embodies this resolute spirit. Like a bold chartreuse plant shoot breaking through concrete, it thrives where survival seems impossible.

  
Inspired by the emergence of life in unforgiving environments, the piece transforms chartreuse - a bright, warm green - into a visual anthem of persistence and renewal. Beneath this vibrant hue lies a layered foundation: warm yellows that evoke sunlight’s embrace, cool yellow-greens suggesting budding energy, and greenish blues that whisper of quiet depth. These layers converge into a dynamic spectrum of growth emerging from constraint.

  
A mirrored finish adorns the surface, amplifying the interplay of light and colour. As the viewer shifts, reflections animate the chartreuse, lending movement, depth, and transformation. It invites personal engagement. Each glance reveals a new facet of resilience, just as our own strength radiates from different emotional vantage points.

  
Resilience is more than an image: it’s an invitation to witness and honour our capacity to emerge radiant and renewed from life’s cracks.

Resilience Experiment

Courage is the quiet fire that moves us to act despite fear. It is not the absence of vulnerability, but the decision to step forward when uncertainty presses in. This work explores the psychology of courage in all its forms - moral, emotional, and physical — and the moment of ignition when hesitation is overcome by resolve.

  
The piece radiates a fiery warmth, its copper-red surface alive with shifting light. Beneath this glow lies a layered construction of orange, cool red, and warm red resins, each stratum embodying a different aspect of the courageous act: the spark of motivation, the shadow of fear, and the enduring strength that follows choice. Together, these colours converge into a single, luminous field - an optical depth that seems to burn from within, a reminder that courage is not found outside of us, but forged internally.

  
Set against the mirrored ground, the viewer is drawn into the work, seeing an abstracted version of themselves within its glow. In this reflection, the copper fire belongs to them too - not a distant symbol, but a living invitation to embrace risk, truth, and action.

  
_Courage is not only to be admired; it is to be lived. This work asks the viewer to find their own spark in its depths and carry it forward._

Courage Experiment

Change is the only constant, the current that carries us from one moment to the next. To resist it is to cling to stillness in a moving stream; to embrace it is to discover flow, renewal, and possibility. _Flux_ explores this truth — that transformation is not disruption, but the natural rhythm of life itself.

  
The work centres on a luminous turquoise field, achieved through layers of dyed resin: blues that recall water in perpetual motion, and green that signifies growth, decay, and rebirth in endless succession. As these layers merge optically, the surface appears alive - a shifting, liquid depth that never settles, echoing the ceaseless movement of change.

  
Reflected in the mirrored ground, the viewer finds themselves immersed in this flow, their own image dissolved and reformed within the turquoise light. In this way, _Flux_ becomes both mirror and metaphor: we are shaped and reshaped by change, yet within that constant motion lies continuity - the thread of our becoming.

  
_Flux reminds us that change is not to be feared. It is life’s only permanence, carrying us forward into who we are yet to be._

  

Flux Experiment

Self-mastery explores the delicate balance between control and surrender, examining how emotions - whether anger, fear, desire, or doubt - can dictate our actions if left unchecked. To master the self is not to suppress emotion, but to hold it without being held by it, to feel deeply yet remain sovereign over one’s response.

  
Layered hues of reds evoke intensity, passion, and impulse - expressions of raw feeling that surge and recede in endless motion. Blue, by contrast, introduces stability and discipline, offering a counterpoint to emotion’s volatility. As these forces interact, violet emerges - not simply as a blending of colours, but as a visual embodiment of mastery itself. Traditionally associated with wisdom and transformation, violet symbolises the alchemy of emotion into understanding, reaction into choice.

  
Executed in dyed resins on mirrored surfaces, Mastery shifts and refracts as the viewer moves, inviting contemplation on the evolving nature of self-regulation. The piece does not advocate detachment but rather the ability to exist fully within one’s emotions without being ruled by them. True mastery, it suggests, is not about silencing feeling, but about holding it with intention - transforming sensation into sovereignty.

Self-mastery Experiment

The ability to embrace what lies beyond our control while focusing on what we can influence is one of life’s most profound lessons. Loss, change, uncertainty - these forces shape us, yet our relationship with them determines whether we find peace or resistance. 

  
Acceptance reflects the serenity that comes with surrendering to life’s ebb and flow, recognising that true strength lies not in defiance, but in the grace of letting go.

This piece was, in part, inspired by the artist’s own experience of loss - the passing of a friend who embodied the art of acceptance. She approached life with an unwavering ability to distinguish between what could be changed and what should be embraced. In honouring this perspective, the artwork manifests as a golden amber hue, with a base layer of ochre representing harmony and the grounding presence of nature. Over this foundation, vibrant reds and yellows emerge - tones that speak of warmth, freedom, and the quiet joy of making peace with change. These luminous tones serve as an offering from the artist to the viewer, symbolising the nourishment and vitality of warm sunlight, offering comfort and renewal as part of the journey toward graceful acceptance.

  
Acceptance engages dynamically with light and reflection, shifting and evolving based on the viewer’s position. The mirrored surface invites a moment of introspection - an opportunity to glimpse oneself within the composition, to consider how perception shapes experience. In this way, the piece is not just an exploration of acceptance but an invitation to embody it, to see change not as something to resist, but as something that, in its own way, offers renewal.

  

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