Part of the Mental Health collection.

We’re constantly told that ageing is bad, it is synonymous with illness, death and ugliness. As Deepak Chopra describes in his book Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, “To grow old should arrive as the crown of life.” He is right, it is a privilege to get old. In this painting I’m honouring this until the crown is unintentionally submerged. The mistake is hard to bare but after months of making art alongside sessions with Sabi it’s clear this mishap is important to look at. We discuss Chopra’s belief that in “seeing ourselves as separate, we create chaos and disorder between ourselves and things ‘out there’. We war with people and destroy the environment. Death, the final state of separation, looms as a fearsome unknown, the very prospect of change, which is part of life, creates untold dread because it connotes loss.” The crown and the colour have merged, they are not separate. Read more about the Mental Health project here.

(A3) 42.0 x 29.7 cm
(A2) 59.4 x 42.0 cm

Giclée print in a limited edition of 10. Printed on archival paper. Signed and numbered by the artist.

Price includes postage and packaging within the UK. Flat rate of £10 postage and packaging outside the UK.