This Messy, Colourful Life
Acrylic paint and original collage on paper, 53 × 36 cm (image), 59.4 × 42 cm (paper), 2025
The colourful cord winding through this piece is made from fragments of some of my earlier artworks — remnants of past attempts and abandoned ideas, gathered into something new. Pieced into loops, it reminds me that life is rarely neat or linear. It twists, curves, and tangles in ways we don't expect or choose, yet within the messiness are bright, vivid bits that keep us going. For me, this piece is about acknowledging the fragments and recognising that together, they create a whole and richly colourful life.
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