Thorn is part of an ongoing body of work where painting becomes a site for memory, fragility, and transformation. The canvas is prepared with cyanotype, a process that registers light and time, before being layered with egg tempera, one of the oldest painting techniques. In this intersection of printmaking and painting, tradition and experiment converge, and the material itself becomes an active voice.
Across the surface, fragments of handwriting fade and reappear, evoking the unstable nature of recollection and the persistence of what resists oblivion. The figure, rendered in fragile contours, is neither fully formed nor erased. It sits suspended between presence and absence, ordinary and symbolic, embodying the tension of lived experience as it slips into transformation.
By elevating an intimate, almost banal moment, Thorn reflects on how everyday gestures carry the weight of accumulated time. The work unfolds as a continuous process of construction and cancellation, linking material research, respect for the environment, and the search for meaning in daily traces.
