A repetition of this life

When I started these paintings I wanted to do something repetitive and almost mechanical. A bit like knitting but with paint. It felt like a way of creating order and serenity in a crazy period of my life. And while I soon got bored with the idea, I read a lot about Agnes Martin who did exactly that so well. I came across this quote from her. “Until you can clear up your true identity you will be tied to a repetition of this life”. So these paintings became a way of marking the changes I make as I try to avoid repeating the past and do things differently. They’re about the people and places and ideas that were part of those changes. Some were good decisions. Some weren’t.