Tessa’s work is inspired by large movements and cycles such as weather, changes in light, falling and breathing. While her paintings flirt with denotation and verbal understanding; initially suggesting objects and things that the viewer may be familiar with, this is subdued by their gestural qualities. Her work is created over long periods of time, requiring a very physical engagement with the canvas, utilising countless layers of paint and continual rotation of the canvas, ultimately allowing the painting to have its own narrative.
