Drifting Through a Dream: IX Small Works (A4 and below) the portrait element of the

the portrait element of the image is Giclée printed on heavyweight watercolour paper and enhanced with a layered mix of watercolours

As the sides are painted

holding a sense of vertical tension and clarity

cross many of Richard’s artistic signatures

Exploring the full creative potential of the silkscreen process – mono-printing

Drifting Through a Dream: IX Small Works (A4 and below) the portrait element of theFollowing the project 'The Boundless Dance of Colours', I set out to add a new layer of emotion and imagination by introducing real fish beneath the bursts of paint. It was a way of blending stillness with movement, nature with structure, and dream with reality. The challenges began early on: selecting fish that could be clearly identified from above while swimming. I chose koi fish for their elegant shape, symbolic presence, and vivid colour. To