Moulting

Acrylic, gouache, and watercolour pencil on reclaimed cotton drop cloth (unstretched)
45 × 39 in | 2026

Moulting is part of the Moulting series.

The final painting in the series depicts a swan in successive positions, capturing the movement of a single body through the process of moulting. Moulting is a vulnerable period in a swan's yearly life. Old feathers are shed before new flight feathers emerge and allow it to fly again.

Painted on a torn piece of studio drop cloth, the work leaves its unfinished edge exposed. The swan emerges from a dense tangle of botanical forms. Across the composition, the body shifts from folded and inward to upright, its wings beginning to extend. Fragments of Mary Oliver's poem The Journey remain partially buried beneath the paint.

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Available by inquiry.

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