Inspired by the memory of my mother's garden, Confluence began as an exploration of place but evolved into something less tangible. Rather than depicting the garden itself, I found myself drawn to the spaces within it—the pathways, currents, and connections that exist between forms.
Soft passages of blue, green and white move across the surface like mist, water, air or light. Shapes emerge and dissolve. Edges blur and reappear. The painting inhabits a space between landscape and abstraction, inviting the viewer to sense rather than define what is present.
As I worked, I became aware of the painting as a meditation on connection. The flowing pathways began to resemble channels, synapses, rivers converging, or unseen threads linking one place to another. It reflects my experience of continuing relationship—how memory, love and influence remain present long after physical absence.
The title Confluence refers to the meeting of separate streams. It is a place of convergence: between mother and daughter, memory and presence, earth and spirit, past and present. Rather than focusing on loss, the work explores the subtle currents that continue to flow between us.
Like mist, light or air, these connections cannot be held, yet they are deeply felt.
Acrylic on canvas 60cm x 80cm. Framed in natural oak floating frame, Ready to hang.
