What Still Grew Towards the Light

Enchanted Spaces, 
Mixed Media (oil on canvas), 2025 
20cm x 20cm each

Across three panels, vibrant floral movement presses forward against dark, unsettled grounds, holding tension without resolution.

This triptych unfolds through contrast. Across the three panels, deep, storm-like grounds form a weighty backdrop, at times interrupted by grid-like structures that suggest containment without fully defining it. These darker fields remain partially visible, layered beneath the surface, present but held back. 

Against this depth, the foreground develops through rapid oil pastel lines and dense scrubbings of colour. Floral forms push forward, layered and energetic, drawing the eye repeatedly into areas of heightened movement. The surface feels charged and active, as though growth is occurring within resistance rather than outside it. 

Within the midground, small presences appear — a butterfly, a blue bird perched high, a rooster. These figures are not advanced as symbols, but register as points of attention that surface briefly before giving way to surrounding motion. Their placement shifts across the panels, allowing the viewer’s focus to move without settling into a single resolution. 

Darkness and colour remain in close proximity throughout the work. Neither recedes entirely. Instead, the three panels hold this tension in place, allowing foreground activity and background weight to coexist without hierarchy. Together, the triptych functions as a single field of movement, where emergence and shadow remain bound within the same space.