K, May 2015, Oil on canvas with paper collage, 60 x 40 cm   The letter K was used as a repeating pattern, broken up and distorted, to represent the battle and oppositions present in the relationship it depicts.The letters are formed of paper that is roughly glued to the canvas –and sometimes sticking out, giving a sense of mess and urgency. The relationship was intense and passionate, and had a calming, troubling and stirring effect. I wanted to convey a sense of push and pull and paradox in this painting.