A Guiding Stillness

Acrylic on board
1200mm x 1200mm x 50mm
January 2025
On loan to Eden Park

This work explores a quieter kind of guidance — not about control or direction, but about presence.
The lighthouse, fixed in place, doesn’t instruct or pursue; it simply stands. Solid, constant, and essential for navigation, it offers a steady point of reference. A stillness that encourages confidence, self-belief, a sense of possibility, and the safety to explore.

A Guiding Stillness honours those who anchor us — the gentle force of nurture, the quiet support that becomes a foundation. Not one that holds us back or competes for space, but one we can push off from. A grounded presence that gives others the strength to move, grow, and find their own way.

A reflection on light, care, and the quiet strength of simply being — even when the world beyond remains unknowable.