Mixed Media on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

Brief Respite is a collection of works whose purpose is to create ephemeral moments of
softness for the brain, similar to the feeling of seeing natural geological formations of rock
striations such as cliff-faces and canyons, marble slabs, semi-precious stones, windswept
sandstone...
The theme is based around the chronic migraines that permeate daily life - the creation of
each work was a brief respite from either the symptoms of migraine (excruciating pain,
sensitivity to light and sound, sensitive skin, nausea, fatigue, brainfog), or the side effects of
the treatment (stiff neck, constricted sternum, lethargy, shallow breathing).
Each work is created to imitate carved stone in some way - clay was used to form the drapes
and ripples, and this was all covered in poured paint. Pouring paint is a method of applying
paint to the canvas that relies on the molecular properties of the paint and gravity to form
natural movement of colour - the same natural process that can be found in the geology of
the earth's crust.
May each piece of art bring a brief respite to the overloaded brain.