Wetlands #1 explores that subtle threshold where land and water meet — a place of transition, reflection, and quiet renewal. The wetlands have always held my attention as living boundaries: constantly shifting, absorbing, and releasing light, colour, and form. They are fragile yet enduring, humble yet profound.
 
Working in oil and wax on board, I build layers that hold both translucency and density — echoes of silted water, reeds, and reflected sky. The wax allows the surface to breathe, as if moisture and air are caught within it. Through scraping and re-layering, I try to capture the still movement of these spaces: the shimmer of light on shallow pools, the dense quiet of reeds, the faint line of horizon beyond.
 
Unlike the open scrub or dry bush, the wetland invites reflection — literal and inward. It mirrors back the world, asking us to look twice. Here, the boundary blurs: between solid and fluid, between what is above and what lies beneath. This ambiguity is what I find most compelling — that moment when form and reflection are indistinguishable, when the eye slows and the mind settles.
 
In Wetlands #1, I hope to convey the beauty of stillness, the resilience of these ecosystems, and the contemplative quiet they hold. It is both a study of place and a meditation on balance — on how water sustains, how light transforms, and how the overlooked edges of landscape carry a deep, enduring grace.
 
118cm x 84cm Oil and wax on canvas framed