Upstream, Barranco do Pisoes Painting

During the time spent at Barranco do Pisoes, mainly filling our water bottles from the font of spring water, I became aware of the dark spaces between the tall trees. I began to feel that they could lead to another dimension if one was able to pass through this dark space. At the time, Alvaro, my boyfriend was suffering from cancer. Strangely, while we were at the font filling our bottles, I felt that these dark spaces were infiltrating him, and becoming part of him and he was becoming part of them. Only later after he had passed on, I reflected on this as I worked on these paintings. I knew the Downstream painting which I painted first, had to be mainly purple and white. Upstream began to be more optimistic with the red hues glowing through, possibly symbolising (to me at least) that his transition had been completed, and all was well in the world of spirit.