Joy

A series of colourful abstract paintings made in 2021.

I took a map of the world and ripped it up, isolating countries then painted the ripped sections in bright colours. The colours don’t have any political or geographical significance. I threw the papers up in the air and photographed these random compositions.

Through this simple exercise one could make hundreds of combinations, I thought this could be used as a visual metaphor for people and countries coming together. They remain distinct but when thrown together they form a unique composition. I want to create a sense of optimism, paintings which have a celebratory and hopeful feel and capture a moment of anticipation before the pieces reach a final resting state.

I continue to work on this series both using paint and pixels, adventures in the world of NFT have begun at rariblecom/lucyjagger.

36.3932° N, 25.4615° E, Σαντορίνη/Θήρα, Santorini /Thira, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), Acrylic on canvas — 36.3932° N, 25.4615° E, Σαντορίνη/Θήρα, Santorini /Thira, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), Acrylic on canvas

39.9042° N, 116.4074° E, 北京市 Beijing, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), Acrylic on canvas

40.7886° N, 119.2030° W, Black Rock Desert 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), Acrylic on canvas

36.3932° N, 25.4615° E, Σαντορίνη/Θήρα, Santorini /Thira, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), Acrylic on canvas

34.3564° N, 135.8706° E, 吉野山, Mount Yoshino, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), Acrylic on canvas

22.9068° S, 43.1729° W, Rio de Janeiro 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), Acrylic on canvas

Mapping emotions

A series of arresting abstract paintings which explore the transitory nature life - when a moment of delight is also your downfall.

These paintings were generated after a number of nights out in Soho, London. I had been going out in Soho and noticed the mounting collection of receipts and taxi stubs in my bag, I was very unhappy at the time but trying to distract myself with friends, booze, whatever. One night I threw all the receipts up in the air and they looked quite beautiful. It was a moment of reflection and focus. I repeated this took photos and began to develop the series of paintings - mapping emotions.

I hope that they give a viewer an opportunity to lose themselves in the paintings and reflect on how they feel.

10 - Soho Nights, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas — *10 - Soho Nights,* 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas

44 - Soho Nights, An old friend, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D, oil on canvas — *44 - Soho Nights,* An old friend, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D, oil on canvas

8 - Soho Nights, California Dreaming, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas — *8 - Soho Nights*, California Dreaming, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas

3 - Soho Nights, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas — *3 - Soho Nights*, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas

29 - Soho Nights, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas — *29 - Soho Nights,* 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas

50 - Soho Nights, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas — *50 - Soho Nights,* 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas

9- Soho Nights, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas — *9- Soho Nights,* 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas

44 - Soho Nights, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas — *44 - Soho Nights,* 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas

43 - Soho Nights, Your remind me of an old friend, 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas — *43 - Soho Nights, Your remind me of an old friend,* 39.8 W x 59.8 H x 0.8 D (inches), oil on canvas