This is an overpainting. A spin the canvas and start again painting. The figures just came from my subconscious. I feel like the woman are watching something happening elsewhere. Watching their children? Watching an event taking place? I don’t know. I feel that they’re connected - sisters - but sisters in spirit rather than siblings. They’re somewhere hot and there is a feeling of summer but I don’t know where they are. It’s a mystery. Perhaps you can create your own story for them.

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.