Conception is a body of work that has unfolded over the past five years, some pieces finished only recently, others revived after long periods of dormancy. Its journey began, and ultimately returned, to the same place: my dining‑room table. 

In 2021, a year marked by rupture, I sat with my daughter and painted the first work in the series, Annihilation. As I lifted the brush, my younger self resurfaced, the child who once perched on those same yellow‑wood benches, fearless with a paintbrush, certain in her joy.

This series is our collaboration. Her wildness initiates each piece with an ink spill; my adult hand follows with pen, laying down meticulous, repetitive marks. Together we recolour memory, weaving play with precision, curiosity with care.

Conception  weaves themes of rites of passage:  birth, youth, adolescence, motherhood, and death, as cycles that shape and reshape identity. It explores the tension between fear and creativity, memory and renewal, doubt and expression.

At its heart, the work is a quiet reclaiming: a way of moving forward by painting with the child I once was.