'Just us' is a very special piece to me,  I write this a few years after making it and to be completely honest it is still a painting that I have yet to let go of and I think I will always struggle to break the connection to it. This is one of my largest paintings and it hung in my living room where I lived with someone I shared a deep love for. I stared at it every morning when I ate my breakfast, when I worked from home, when I’d create more art in the make shift studio she set up for me, when we’d eat dinner together, when we’d kiss and when we’d argue. This painting saw it all. People would often see my partner and I in it. And maybe that’s because my love for her always had a way of flowing onto the canvas, even when unintentional she was my muse.

This painting was so much more than just a scene; it was a memory, a feeling, a reflection of love. Inspired by a special place in Spain, it captured the warmth and connection shared in that moment. I stared at these two obscured but innately connected sculptures sitting on the sand and knew they were going to inspire a painting when I landed back in the UK where I live. I turned them into abstract figures that started to take shape as a depiction of my partner and I. Though undefined, they held a presence that spoke of companionship and understanding. I see two souls intertwined, which was a beautiful example of the deep love that we shared. The textures, the colours, the movement, all of it carries the essence of the feeling of us.