STORY

These pieces explore the profound influence of human connections - how the people who shape us embody and teach fundamental values of being human. Each work comprises six visual sections representing the tenets of relationship: compassion, integrity, respect, kindness, courage, and love. Each aligns differently - just like our relationships - yet they share the same essential elements.

FORM + STRUCTURE

Created with natural earth pigments and handmade inks on cotton canvas, with stitched edges and salvaged wool boundaries.

Each work is composed of six distinct sections - one for each tenet of relationship: compassion, integrity, respect, kindness, courage, and love. These sections layer and overlap, each one partially covering the next, creating visual interconnection that mirrors how these values exist in our actual relationships - never isolated, always informing one another.

The sections vary in scale - some larger, some smaller - reflecting how different tenets hold different weight in different relationships. Where sections meet and overlap, shadows gather in the recesses, creating dimensional depth. These shadows shift with light and viewing angle, suggesting the complexity and nuance that lives in the spaces between.

Though each of the four works contains the same six elements, they align differently - unique geometries reflecting the unique nature of each relationship that shapes us. No two relationships teach us in quite the same way.

COLOUR

Warm earth tones: ochre, burnt sienna.