Jebel Sahro Painting

There’s a place in Morocco called Jebel Sahro, below the Atlas Mountains. It’s very remote and we found that the people there are self-sufficient and kind to their environment. I found myself taken by the colours of their rocks and huge variety of minerals in the earth. I was pregnant at the time, and whilst painting this place, my very bones started re-arranging, my body creating space as my baby was preparing to be born. In the painting you can see how the land is also moving apart, creating space and in places dissolving. It’s a colourful riot starting as land and becoming air. With this I wanted to express how I was feeling in my pregnancy, but also to celebrate the beauty of Jebel Sahro and it’s peoples light print on our planet.