Little Gems- 2024

The memories were there, but the string of time that linked them like a pearl necklace was broken.

Peter Robinson

  • Abstract watercolor painting depicting a cityscape at sunset with silhouettes of people and buildings, with splashes of black, gray, orange, and blue.

    Venice l (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • Abstract watercolor painting depicting five silhouetted figures standing on a reflective surface with a light background, and splashes of black, blue, and gray with a hint of red.

    Venice ll (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • Abstract watercolor artwork depicting two people standing in front of the ocean with palm trees, clouds, and red accents.

    Venice lll (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • Mixed media collage with torn paper, watercolor, and sketching. Contains a postage stamp from France, newspaper snippets, and abstract shapes with red stitching accents.

    Contraposto (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • Mixed media artwork featuring silhouettes of three people, with collage elements including torn red and orange paper, a blue label reading 'Mel Udara Par Avion,' and an area with French text. The background has textured black, gray, and white tones, and there are red stitched lines and symbols.

    Par Avion (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • Mixed media artwork featuring a silhouette of a person with red stitched outline, a yellow halo at the top, a small red-and-black text collage at the lower left, and abstract black and gray washes in the background.

    Valediction (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • Mixed collage of torn paper with abstract black, gray, peach, red, and white textures, and partial text.

    Inaugural Pieces (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • Abstract colorful painting featuring a human face with vibrant lines and shapes, including orange, yellow, pink, and black.

    Zenith Sun (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • A collage with a torn piece of text in French with red paint on top, and a black and white textured photo of two people sitting on a bench facing away, with an urban background.

    Ellipses (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • Abstract black and orange figure on textured gray background with a small red torn paper in the top right corner.

    The Voyage Home (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • A stylized watercolor and ink illustration of a person sitting on a beach, wearing sunglasses, with the ocean in the background. There is a red torn paper piece with text on it in the lower left corner.

    Sea Shapes (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

  • A blurry, abstract image of a person standing outdoors, holding an orange object, with a bright background and some scattered black dots and a red area on the right side.

    Frequencies (2024)

    Unique monotype with mixed media on 300gsm Hahnemühle cotton etching paper
    22x22cm

Artist notes:

There was a moment then, when it felt both suffocating and stifling - when the sheer size of everything always expanding, always bigger, always louder became a silencing. The empires and egos, corporations and kingdoms. The conquest of size - of the large, the monumental. It is a kind of greed. More. It’s as numbing as it is seductive. If monumentality inspires awe, what of the mustard seed?

In these little gems, there is a quiet refusal, a hushed rebellion, a whispered revolt against large, larger, largest. It’s an invitation to come close, nose to nose, skin on skin; to look, intimately, deeply.

An invitation to recalibrate the senses, to feel again the wonder. Wonder like a snowflake falling, the soft bright feel of it melting into warm skin.

A reminder of the myriad of small things that make up a life, an experience, a memory or even happiness, and love itself.

While working on these little gems, I realised I didn’t want a bigger larger life; absorbed as I became in each small gesture taking its space and claiming its own distinct voice; I wanted a life sensitive, attuned to see all the light and beauty, the wonder in the small.

In life’s little gems…