Stretched Canvas ready to hang

The artwork depicting an unusual imagery of an astronaut with a glass of wine
in one hand and a stick in another sat between coloured walls forms the first of
the series of three paintings where the astronaut becomes a metaphor for the
artist herself and the following three stages an analogy for the progression of
her personal experiences through space and time. The painting explores the
beginning, i.e. the first stage of the journey that begins on a note of loneliness.
The image of the astronaut is deployed to convey the extant of this loneliness
which is also simultaneously experienced as solitude being celebrated with a
glass of wine. This solitude, however, has to be guarded with a stick in hand
which is depicted as a tool for self-defense and self-preservation. The painting
also offers duality in terms of images and expectations as the astronaut is not

lonely in outer space but within the bounds of bricks and walls. The grim reality
of the astronaut sitting lost and stuck is again countered by the lustre of
magenta walls as a movement towards vigour and vibrance.