Early in the year 2022, I was diagnosed with a very aggressive and invasive cancer. The turmoil this put us through was brutal. I had lost a sister from the same thing a few years previously, so death was very much on my mind. And while Doctors considered my options they would repeatedly say, ‘This is your best chance of survival’.
My thoughts grew dark.
Whilst highly charged with the sense of being overwhelmed, I poured myself into the above painting. Then I put it aside.
As I worked through issues of life and death and how my faith in God stood up to things, I began to work with brighter warmer colours. But this painting, painted with energy and highly charged emotions, stands as a record of that time. I could not return to it, as I did not remain overwhelmed, but I love this painting for the raw energy in it. It is done and I am very happy with it.