As an artist living and working in Cardiff, I’m constantly struck by how much the Welsh light dictates my mood. One minute the city is washed in this brilliant, piercing gold, and the next, a heavy grey mist rolls in off the Bristol Channel and everything turns inward. It’s that constant flux, that feeling of the atmosphere shifting around you, that really sparked the idea for Shared Soul.
This triptych is a core part of my Three Lifetimes collection. I didn’t just want to paint three pretty pictures; I wanted to map out the messy, beautiful, and sometimes exhausting journey of a single soul. We all like to think of our lives as a straight line, but in reality, we’re constantly cycling through different emotional climates.
Part 1 is all about that initial burst of raw energy. I went quite heavy with the digital "paint" here, using a real explosion of colour and movement. To me, this is the soul at its most vibrant, untethered, loud, and full of life. It’s that feeling of waking up and sensing that everything is possible, captured in those warm, almost frantic Impressionistic strokes.
Then, there’s Part 2. I felt it was important to be honest about the quieter, harder miles we all have to walk. I stripped the colour away entirely, moving into a monochromatic, urban landscape that feels a bit more desolate and grit-edged. It’s that "shadow" phase where life feels a bit like a grind. But if you look closely, there’s a real sense of structural strength in the composition. It’s about that quiet resilience we find when we’re forced to stand our ground in the rain.
Part 3 is where the breath finally comes back. I turned to the coast for this one because there’s something about a sea sunset that just feels like a resolution. The light softens, the edges of the world blur, and that heavy urban grit gives way to something much more ethereal. It’s the "after", the peace and clarity that only comes after you’ve navigated the noise of the first two chapters.
I see these three pieces as one continuous conversation. They belong together because they represent the full spectrum of what it means to be alive and moving through time. My hope is that when you hang these on your wall, they don't just sit there as decor, I want them to feel like a reflection of your own story, a reminder that no matter which "weather" you're currently in, the light is always changing.
As an artist living and working in Cardiff, I’m constantly struck by how much the Welsh light dictates my mood. One minute the city is washed in this brilliant, piercing gold, and the next, a heavy grey mist rolls in off the Bristol Channel and everything turns inward. It’s that constant flux, that feeling of the atmosphere shifting around you, that really sparked the idea for Shared Soul.
This triptych is a core part of my Three Lifetimes collection. I didn’t just want to paint three pretty pictures; I wanted to map out the messy, beautiful, and sometimes exhausting journey of a single soul. We all like to think of our lives as a straight line, but in reality, we’re constantly cycling through different emotional climates.
Part 1 is all about that initial burst of raw energy. I went quite heavy with the digital "paint" here, using a real explosion of colour and movement. To me, this is the soul at its most vibrant, untethered, loud, and full of life. It’s that feeling of waking up and sensing that everything is possible, captured in those warm, almost frantic Impressionistic strokes.
Then, there’s Part 2. I felt it was important to be honest about the quieter, harder miles we all have to walk. I stripped the colour away entirely, moving into a monochromatic, urban landscape that feels a bit more desolate and grit-edged. It’s that "shadow" phase where life feels a bit like a grind. But if you look closely, there’s a real sense of structural strength in the composition. It’s about that quiet resilience we find when we’re forced to stand our ground in the rain.
Part 3 is where the breath finally comes back. I turned to the coast for this one because there’s something about a sea sunset that just feels like a resolution. The light softens, the edges of the world blur, and that heavy urban grit gives way to something much more ethereal. It’s the "after", the peace and clarity that only comes after you’ve navigated the noise of the first two chapters.
I see these three pieces as one continuous conversation. They belong together because they represent the full spectrum of what it means to be alive and moving through time. My hope is that when you hang these on your wall, they don't just sit there as decor, I want them to feel like a reflection of your own story, a reminder that no matter which "weather" you're currently in, the light is always changing.
