Inspired by abstraction, automatic process, intuition and chance: I have allowed the thoughts, insights and experience of both the art-making process and literature to influence these pieces. The process of the ink suffusing into the paper and it’s uncontrollable bleeding into different areas, speaks to me of the act of merging of identities and cultures throughout history. The act of the pen and paint, a moment of control, echoes the way we as humans seek this control within moments of chaos.