Geisha 7 West Coast of Scotland as an added plus

as an added plus

but more a memory of it… a place half-seen

Ury House is a building I know well

Standing before Monet’s vast panoramic canvases at Tate Britain and MoMA in New York became a lasting source of inspiration for my waterlilies paintings over the years

She would also get inspired by this field of yellow as

Geisha 7 West Coast of Scotland as an added plus20 x 20 cm This series of Geisha paintings began by chance, rediscovered while leafing through an old book during an attempted clear out. Inspired by the late Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro, the work quietly echoes the mood and sensitivity of his prints. Its less about costume or exoticism, and more about presence. About surface and pattern. About the fragile balance between stillness and performance the pause between moments