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โ€œLife shrinks or expands in proportion to ones courageโ€
— Anaรฏs Nin

East of the sun and west of the moon, Kay Nielson.

This Norwegian fairytale evoked feelings of being a child, believing in the magic of folklore, imagining worlds where kings ride polar bears under the moonlight. This style of illustration strongly influences my own practice.

โ€œโ€œHopeโ€ is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all -

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— Emily Dickinson

I read this book solely on the tube. It made every journey lighter and I've found that it has come to play a large role in my quest to share my art work and words.

โ€œFor our house is our corner of the world. As has often been said, it is our first universe, a real cosmos in every sense of the word.โ€
— Gaston Bachelard, the Poetics of Space

Thomas Doyle.

Kinomi- Late into the night.

Windows are a common theme in my work. These every day frames sit along side us like an opening to the universe. Another local environment, being inside but looking out.

Hasui Kawase, Shiba Benten Pond.

โ€œ Children should be allowed to play because youโ€™re going to need all your happiness to grow โ€
— Audrey Hepburn
Katsushika Hokusai ่‘›้ฃพๅŒ—ๆ–Ž: Kisoji no oku Amida ga taki: โ€œAmida Waterfall on the Kiso Road, approximately 1832.The length of this painting struck me, I began to imagine the evening stories to be determined by the sky, how infinite the sky can feel at nโ€ฆ

Katsushika Hokusai ่‘›้ฃพๅŒ—ๆ–Ž: Kisoji no oku Amida ga taki: โ€œAmida Waterfall on the Kiso Road, approximately 1832.

The length of this painting struck me, I began to imagine the evening stories to be determined by the sky, how infinite the sky can feel at night and how small we are in comparison.

Andrei Tarkovsky on the set of ' The Sacrifice'.

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The Banquet by Rene Magritte

The Banquet by Rene Magritte

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