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Cradle
£50.00
Cradle is an emotional landscape where tenderness and overwhelm exist at the same time. Soft washes of pale pink create a ground that feels bodily, like skin or memory, while bursts and veils of blue move across the surface in restless motion. The paint drips, splatters, and gathers, suggesting moments that can’t be contained or fully organised, like the early days of caring for a new life.
There is a push and pull between control and release. Thin white lines arc and fall through the composition, echoing gestures of holding, rocking, reaching. They feel fragile yet deliberate. The denser blue marks cluster and scatter, evoking interruptions, cries, thoughts, fragments of time that blur together.
Hints of red emerge beneath and between layers, grounding the piece in something physical and raw. These areas suggest exhaustion, recovery, and the intensity of connection, never fully hidden but softened by what surrounds them.
Rather than presenting a single focal point, the painting invites the eye to move, to search, to linger, mirroring the way attention shifts constantly in early motherhood. Cradle becomes less a scene and more a state of being: fluid, disorienting, deeply felt, and threaded with a persistent, quiet force of care.
The 14 40s Collection features original abstract paintings and fine art prints created on square 40 x 40 cm canvases, offering a versatile and highly sought-after size for modern interiors. Each artwork is created in my Oxfordshire studio using my intuitive, process-driven approach, combining layered paint, expressive mark-making, and rich surface texture.
Original 40 x 40 paintings are particularly popular with collectors seeking authentic contemporary art that fits easily into a variety of spaces. This square format works beautifully as a standalone statement piece or grouped as part of a gallery wall. The balanced proportions suit living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and home offices, making these artworks ideal for both new and experienced art collectors.
This collection includes both original paintings and fine art prints, allowing collectors to choose between owning a unique original artwork or a gallery-quality print of some of my most compelling pieces.
Fine art prints available.
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Original Art & Fine Art Prints Handmade in Oxfordshire
I use a variety of materials in my process. From brushes and pallet knives to cardboard scraps and sticks. My work is largely acrylic paint, whichever brand I can get on offer, and my preffered mediums are either Windsor and Newton or Liquitex.
Once signed and varnished, I photograph my paintings in natural light and crop to standard print sizes, adjusting levels to ensure as accurate a match to the original as possible. Once exported I print on my inkjet Epson P-900 SureColour. Tis a sexy beast.
I print onto a variety of papers, including high gloss and watercolour. My larger prints use satin 260gsm and my extra large prints (A1 & A0) are handled by a top notch local third party printing service I've been working with for years.
