Studio notes, an opening.

There’s a moment each morning when the studio is very quiet, before emails, before decisions, before I convince myself something needs fixing.

That’s usually when the work begins.

I’ve decided to start writing here — not to explain paintings (they’re quite capable of speaking for themselves), but to share the thinking that surrounds them. The slower observations and small shifts. The moments where a painting resists me and wins.

Most work doesn’t unfold dramatically. It edges forward. A colour is adjusted, an area is softened, something is removed rather than added. Occasionally I stand back and realise the painting has been quietly steering the conversation all along.

This will be a space for those in-between moments.

You’ll see works that aren’t finished, decisions that change direction, ideas that return months later in a different form. The studio is less about inspiration and more about attention — noticing when something feels resolved, and when it doesn’t.

Over time, I suspect patterns will reveal themselves.

For now, this is simply an opening.

The door is slightly ajar.