This series of flower paintings began as an ode to  joy, activated just by the daisies growing in my garden during Summer 2025. 

Since then that joy has been shaken by national and international news: genocide, Epstein, the rise of fascist energy, the continued abuse of women, mass unemployment of our young people. Different moods then started to emerge through the paintings; anger, distress and fear.

 More recently I have actively chosen to refocus on joy for at least some of the time as a reminder of what it is in the world that I value.