This work is from the collection Entering the empty space. These abstract expressionist paintings represent a period of introspection after a tragedy.

In particular, after tragedy arrives the realization that nothing, nothing, nothing is ever going to be the same again. There’s a period of enforced reflection. A time to consider how on earth to cope with the devastating effects of what happened? It’s a time of great emptiness.

The way forward is blocked and blurry – an empty space. The future beckons from beyond the empty space – it is comforting, filled with soft Mediterranean colours and dancing shadows that attract.

I am entering the empty space … I am moving on.