Listening Lines (winter 2025 -2026)

Where movement becomes stillness. Art that explores stillness and transition. The turning points between movement and rest. The quiet moments where one state becomes another and the shifts that happen beneath - where light softens, water recedes or the wind begins to move again.

Paintings that grow from observation of quiet phenomena — tides turning, wind moving across a surface, the horizon holding distance, the rhythm of breath.

My work begins with observation — the tide pausing before it turns, the space at the horizon, the moment an inhale becomes an exhale. Working predominantly with ink, I follow these small shifts rather than describing the landscape itself. Each painting becomes a record of attention, allowing marks to appear, soften and sometimes disappear. I think of them as quiet anchors within a space — reminders to slow down enough to notice what is usually passed over.

Ink allows marks to emerge slowly. It resists certainty; it spreads, softens and sometimes disappears. Because of this, the process becomes collaborative rather than controlled. Each painting records a sequence of attention — where the line ceases, where a line pauses, where negative space becomes active. I think of the work as an exploration of thresholds: the point between movement and stillness, presence and absence, intention and release. These are often the moments we pass over, yet they shape how a place or experience is felt.

The resulting works are quiet, but not empty. They are intended to sit within a space without demanding it — offering a place for the eye to rest and the mind to settle. Rather than presenting a landscape, they invite a way of looking: attentive, patient, and receptive to change.