I have made this work during lockdown and I guess my subconsciousness dictated the composition and the feel. That is what usually happens with my work - I am drawn to create something without understanding why, only after finishing a piece and then letting it sit for a while, I may realise what it was that moved me.
This work is about point in time, about transition and hope for a brighter future.
The female figure emerges from the dark and looks into the light. I have deliberately created a greater contrast to either side of the figure as I really wanted to evoke the feeling of hope, implying there is always a brighter future ahead of us!
The format is wide, intensified with letterboxing the drawing to evoke the cinematic feel in a viewer. I was always fascinated by cinema and its power to take us away from everyday life, to transfer us into other worlds.
During this difficult and unpredictable time it seemed like a perfect answer: to get distracted from the now and just know that everything is going to be alright!