WHEN COLOURS CRYSTALLISE
AND TAKE SHAPE
THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN UNEXPECTED BREAKS OPEN UP NEW SPACES FOR CREATIVITY. IN 2010, IN THAILAND, MY CONTAINER WAS PACKED EARLY, AND SUDDENLY I HAD 14 FREE DAYS BEFORE MY DEPARTURE - TIME THAT I FILLED WITH INTENSIVE PAINTING. IN AN IMPROVISED STUDIO, IN THE OPPRESSIVE MONSOON HEAT, A DANCE OF COLOURS WAS CREATED.
68 BUTTERFLIES EMERGED FROM THIS PHASE AS A SYMBOL OF TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE. THEY CRYSTALLISED FROM THE COLOURS AND TOOK SHAPE - THE BUTTERFLY AS A SYMBOL OF LIBERATION.
IN THESE 14 DAYS, NOT ONLY A SERIES OF PAINTINGS EMERGED, BUT ALSO A DEEPER CONNECTION TO MY OWN CREATIVE POWER. "OUT OF COCOON" - THE TITLE NOT ONLY DESCRIBES THE BUTTERFLIES, BUT ALSO THE FEELING OF FREEING ONESELF FROM THE LIMITATIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND IMMERSING ONESELF IN THE DANCE OF COLOUR.
