I Missed You Last Year

A psychedelic journey through disco lands and acidlandscapes...

Reality undergoes a vibrant transformation, exchanging its ordinary hues for electric blues, acid yellows and magenta pinks to create acid landscapes in a series created during the mind bending days of 2021. Although  the world was still in the grip of Covid-19, lockdowns had lifted and a strange new normal was emerging. A trip to The Lake District, once familiar now felt both comfortingly the same yet different. The desire to be outside clashed with feelings of security found from staying indoors. Forever inspired by the 1960s and 70s, the series captures an emotional conflict, blending dystopian colours reminiscent of these decades to impose a sense of faux nostalgia, a stark departure from the browns and beige tones of my childhood. Through these acid landscapes, the work explores a state of mind caught between the desire for stability and the need for change, presenting a kaleidoscope of conflicting emotions.