Artist notes: I gave myself to the rippling sea, rushing unconcerned over the broken oyster, mussel, clam shells and pebbles at the tideline. My eyes pick out shapes as they disappear and reappear under the shallow water. It is all about movement and the losing form in favour of shifting colours. The messiness is powerful in its purposeful recentring. It is not always quiet and stillness that leaves room for peace, contemplation and resilience. Often, I find it is the unpredictable glimpses into something not quite within my sensory grasp that creates the longest pause, the longest release. This is a kind of letting go study that shifts swiftly from figurative to abstract mark making without even a partial breath of separation between the two.