Becoming a mother has been transformative beyond anything anyone tried to prepare me for, and anything I could myself of imagined. Studio time is precious beyond belief. Always striving for vision and purpose, to which there are many elements of both. Painting feels like the job I’ve always known, but now the urgency is real, and the choices of what to leave out rather than what to create at all are pressing. I often wish I had ten arms just so I could create as much as I feel I have inside me.

There is no question my direction is and always will be the Natural world, and the animistic lands the hold us. Not a day goes by where I do not think of the voiceless and it propels my instincts and inner drive to create artwork in service of these forces, but in equal measure I find the stillness and slowness to honour them is almost more important. Our human-centric world wants more fast pace all the time, and I instinctively kick back against this. Never has there been a greater calling than to listen with our whole hearts, and to do this we need silence and stillness.

Matthew my husband is a genius photographer and we work together on all matters studio and family. I would say we are committed and passionate about a life of quality over quantity, travel and authenticity throughout. The great outdoors is our passion, and Africa particularly calls us home to the motherland for stories, inspiration and guidance.

Paint is the medium to which I can tell that story, and Photography is my husbands armoury. A commitment to an alternative upbringing in times when the world is racing head on into an AI set of circumstances feels, to us, like the best option available. While we appreciate the dynamics of everyone’s lives are complex and challenging in varying ways, we are deeply rooted in a belief that we must tread lightly on this earth, and show and tell the stories of the most vulnerable, voiceless and powerless beings to offer something in the exchange of knowledge and power in this life. Nature is the foundation of these teachings and clues to a liberated mind, soul and nervous system. I hope in time, for my paintings to reflect this journey, and after deep immersion into the motherhood realm, I finally feel a small slice is now offered up to the canvas and telling that story.

Whatever comes from now on, will be with consideration and love at the helm.

(inserts : Studio self-portrait. Latest works. Londolozi Founders camp with ‘Mother’ on the wall behind Myself, Matt and two little ones.)