Gathering Storm
"No storm can last forever… Not even the one in your life." — Iyanla Vanzant
The sky in this painting carries the weight of a storm building—charged with possibility, uncertain in its direction. I challenged myself to work with a restrained palette, using texture and contrast rather than colour to express the intensity of emotion. The dark, moody surface holds that tension, while sudden bursts of brightness break through like moments of unexpected hope.
When I created this work, I thought about the times in my own life when change was inevitable, feeling the air thick with tension