This painting is about the creative process. Music from point of inspiration to manifestation and celebration. The process and the play. The ascetic, in his ivory tower, is visited by an angel. A muse, delivering inspiration, symbolised by a white feather. The musician plays out the heartbeat rhythm on her tambourine moon and sings as the earth spins and the dancer rejoices. Originally, I painted the sky a lighter shade of blue but then added a white bird and made the sky darker. And it turns out that fits perfectly for a Hindu, meditative raga. The best time for this kind of raga is late at night or in the early hours of the morning and its effect is soothing and intoxicating.

Catherine Pring

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As with most artists, I paint about the human condition. I paint things that have impact for me and that I hope other people can relate to, connect with. I often use myths and legends as a starting point for my paintings but I work unconsciously so I can veer off at a tangent or change course completely. Making art is a bit like dreaming for me. I let things suggest themselves and go with it. If I don't love the 'finished' painting, I spin the canvas and start again. The previous painting becomes an under-layer. A hidden or partially hidden part of the painting's history. Each canvas tells a story in itself but sometimes canvases have their own story of evolution as well, their own journey, just as we do. It's a very playful process, it's fun - but it's serious fun.