92 x 92 cm
Mixed Media on Canvas
Ready to hang
 
A blend of hard edge and Cartographic detail that recalls the day I spent with my husband in Paddington, UK, 2019. 
 
Acrylic hard edge base with charcoal, pencil and ink detail.
 
Paddington, where are you?, explores the translation of place through memory, structure, and observation. Drawing on a background in cartography, the aerial perspective became a method of navigating the act of painting itself — a way of constructing imagery through systems, mapping, and spatial relationships rather than visual recall.
 
For an artist with Aphantasia, where the ability to voluntarily visualise imagery is absent, finding subject matter can become both complex and uncertain. These works emerged from the need to paint despite that absence, using locations personally visited as anchors for reconstruction. Through layered geometry, line, and fragmented detail, Paddington is reinterpreted not as a direct representation of memory, but as an analytical and emotional response to place, experience, and the process of recalling without images.