Change- letting it shape the studio.

5 Dec

Lately, change has been a quiet theme running underneath everything—in my surroundings, in the conversations I’m having, in the general atmosphere of my days, and in how I’m thinking about my own state of being. Some of these shifts, especially the ones I saw coming, have been easy enough to welcome. Others I still resist, even though I’ve always believed in the power of change and in what can come from really looking at it.

That sense of in‑between has started to show up in the studio. It’s there in the way I move through a piece, in the pauses, in the decisions I keep postponing. It feels like a good moment to stop ignoring it and instead explore it a little more intentionally. My clearest reflections tend to happen while I’m working anyway—when I’m quietly building a composition, questioning a brushstroke, or trying to understand why a certain material feels right.

So, for now, “change” is becoming a loose thread I’m following in the practice. I don’t fully know what shape that will take yet. Part of it is a shift in how I look at myself and my work: learning to meet the outcome as it is, to notice the effort that went into it, and to acknowledge growth without immediately looking for what’s missing.

I’m starting with what I know: the process itself. I’m interested in how change can sit not just in the theme of a piece, but in how it’s made—how I approach it, where I push, where I pause. Which parts of my process are actually helpful? Which parts are just habit? Which ones are ready to shift?

The aim here isn’t to chase constant change for its own sake. It’s more about asking when change is needed, what drives it, and how it filters into the work, the routine, and the day‑to‑day. I’m curious to see if this more experimental, questioning way of working will become visible in the pieces, and what it might do to the rhythm of the studio.

For now, this is very much an ongoing exploration—a note in the middle of things rather than a conclusion. My hope is that the work can hold some of these questions, and that anyone spending time with it might recognise something of their own shifts and transitions there too.