Open Studios - 2024

This body of work is rooted in two words;

The first is Nefelibata—a Portuguese word that translates as “cloud walker.” To be a Nefelibata is to live outside the lines, to see the world through a different lens, and to follow the quiet truth of your own heart. It describes those who walk above the noise, unbound by convention—dreamers, visionaries, outsiders.

“One who walks the clouds.”

The second word is InnSaei, an ancient Icelandic term for intuition. It carries many layers of meaning:

“The sea within” speaks to the vast, shifting inner world of emotion and imagination—fluid, boundless, and beyond words.

“To see within” is about self-awareness, the ability to know yourself deeply and to empathise with others.

And “to see from the inside out” reflects a strong inner compass—something we all need in a world that’s constantly changing.

This series was begun in March and completed in September, during an intensely sad time as one of my closest friends was dying. It holds themes of nature, meditation, music, death, and birth.

It is dedicated, with love, to Jay.