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100cm by 80cm
Acrylic & Oil on Cotton
Fetch Polo, Fetch captures one of those fleeting family moments that sits somewhere between observation and imagination. Mia walks the edge of the pool while Polo is looking at his reflection intently. A tennis ball rests on the paving behind her. The title poses a playful question: is Mia fetching Polo, or is she encouraging Polo to fetch the ball? The ambiguity is intentional. Like much of my work, the painting invites viewers to complete the story themselves.
This work belongs to my Pool Series, a body of paintings that began as depictions of family life and gradually revealed themselves to be something much deeper. Over time I came to understand that the pools in my paintings were not simply pools. They had become symbols of safety, freedom, care and emotional belonging — the environments in which people can relax into being fully themselves.
Colour plays a central role in communicating these ideas. Throughout the series I often use intense pinks and luminous blues, not because they accurately describe the landscape, but because they describe an emotional reality.
For me, blue carries a sense of calm, openness and psychological spaciousness. It evokes the feeling of safety that allows curiosity, play and growth to emerge. Pink, by contrast, introduces energy, warmth and emotional intensity. It speaks to love, connection, tenderness and the life force that animates relationships. Together, the two colours create a visual tension between tranquillity and vitality — between sanctuary and aliveness.
In Fetch Polo, Fetch, the cool blue water and electric pink highlights transform an ordinary afternoon into something dreamlike and symbolic. The landscape becomes less a specific location and more an emotional terrain shaped by memory, affection and imagination.
At the heart of my practice is a belief that love creates the conditions for freedom. The figures, animals and domestic scenes that appear throughout my work are not merely portraits of my family. They are explorations of the environments that allow people to flourish: places where they feel seen, safe and accepted enough to become themselves.
Like many of the paintings in the Pool Series, Fetch Polo, Fetch celebrates the quiet moments through which those feelings are built. A child. A dog. A game. A pool. A landscape. Small things that, when viewed through the lens of memory and love, become profound.
100cm by 80cm
Acrylic & Oil on Cotton
Fetch Polo, Fetch captures one of those fleeting family moments that sits somewhere between observation and imagination. Mia walks the edge of the pool while Polo is looking at his reflection intently. A tennis ball rests on the paving behind her. The title poses a playful question: is Mia fetching Polo, or is she encouraging Polo to fetch the ball? The ambiguity is intentional. Like much of my work, the painting invites viewers to complete the story themselves.
This work belongs to my Pool Series, a body of paintings that began as depictions of family life and gradually revealed themselves to be something much deeper. Over time I came to understand that the pools in my paintings were not simply pools. They had become symbols of safety, freedom, care and emotional belonging — the environments in which people can relax into being fully themselves.
Colour plays a central role in communicating these ideas. Throughout the series I often use intense pinks and luminous blues, not because they accurately describe the landscape, but because they describe an emotional reality.
For me, blue carries a sense of calm, openness and psychological spaciousness. It evokes the feeling of safety that allows curiosity, play and growth to emerge. Pink, by contrast, introduces energy, warmth and emotional intensity. It speaks to love, connection, tenderness and the life force that animates relationships. Together, the two colours create a visual tension between tranquillity and vitality — between sanctuary and aliveness.
In Fetch Polo, Fetch, the cool blue water and electric pink highlights transform an ordinary afternoon into something dreamlike and symbolic. The landscape becomes less a specific location and more an emotional terrain shaped by memory, affection and imagination.
At the heart of my practice is a belief that love creates the conditions for freedom. The figures, animals and domestic scenes that appear throughout my work are not merely portraits of my family. They are explorations of the environments that allow people to flourish: places where they feel seen, safe and accepted enough to become themselves.
Like many of the paintings in the Pool Series, Fetch Polo, Fetch celebrates the quiet moments through which those feelings are built. A child. A dog. A game. A pool. A landscape. Small things that, when viewed through the lens of memory and love, become profound.