Memories

Memories
2026
Acrylic on canvas
60.9 x 91.4 cm

The piece Memories came about as I was thinking about my
everyday life. Being a full-time artist in this period of time and
current state of the world can be tricky. I find it hard to find the
balance, while being at home. Social media is very addicting and
takes up a chunk of my time and it’s not really something I enjoy
using my time on. The work depicts film strips of “memories.” I
want to look back on these and have ones of time spent with family,
friends and community (grey memories), of creativity and doing
my paintings (light brown memories), of gardening (dark brown
memories), swimming (blue memories) and of getting out onto
the land (green memories). These are layered with hypnotising
swirls and on top of those are energy lines, representing living in,
and being completely present in these moments. I added another
layer of the swirls to show the fulfilment you feel when doing
activities that are good for the body and soul.