Christine Ay Tjoe: Spinning in the Desert

Produced over the past year, this new series of large-scale paintings respond to the changes imposed on our lives during the pandemic, and the opportunity for inward reflection that it has offered.

Ay Tjoe’s working practice requires intense periods of concentration, during which the artist enters an almost trance-like state. Abstract compositions are built up from expressive mark-making, often converging towards a point of energy and a dense, build-up of colour in the centre of the canvas.