ROUGH DIAMOND (Original) blue-grey It started off in the

It started off in the centre as I poured paint into the centre and let the paint run down the sides

DATE: May 2023

Murrini based free blown form

woven subtly into the smoke itself - revealed only through close

Bronze resin edition of 1/20

ROUGH DIAMOND (Original) blue-grey It started off in theRough Diamond is a painting that conveys a message of contradiction, transformation and the unexpected places from which beauty can emerge. At the centre of the composition is a violin an instrument traditionally associated with refinement, discipline and harmony. Leaning against it are two knuckle dusters, objects synonymous with violence, survival and a world far removed from concert halls and civility. Their placement is deliberate: as if the