Y O U   A N D   M E

The Dinner 2019 – Oil on panel

 

Conversation – 2018

 

HOLDE ME

-Hold me, he said.

-I don’t want to, she said.

-Well, goodbye then, said he.

-See you tomorrow, said she.

-Maybe.

-I’m sure.

-Don’t be.

-I won’t be.

-That’s good.

-Hold me, she said.

-I don’t want to, he said.

-Well, goodbye then, she said.

Two Thinkers 2019 (detail) – Oil on panel

Hotplate 2019 – Oil on panel

 

SITUATION

The therapist was standing outside the hotel, smoking.

The patient watched him through a window opposite, on the 9^th floor.

 

Enlightenment 2019 – Oil on panel

 

PROBLEM

He couldn’t help himself

from saying the opposite

of what he meant

You and Me 2016       oil on panel

Two Beds 2016           oil on panel

 Yours Forever 2019 – Oil on panel

 

EXISTENCE

She was 8 years old and she sat on a bench in the school corridor. All the other children had gone back into the class room, while she just sat and watched the palms of her hands. She stared at them for several minutes until she could properly feel that these two hands were hers. They were not just her two hands, they w e r e her. At that point she realised that she really existed, that she was a being in this world.

Room by the sea 2013  –  digital photo