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Each painting develops not from a fixed plan, but through instinct, layer by layer, mark by mark, allowing the composition to emerge through the process of making. Accidental marks, shifts in colour and unexpected interactions between layers are often followed rather than corrected, becoming integral to the finished work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eColour sits at the centre of Alicia’s practice, alongside the rhythms of everyday life and music. A lyric half remembered, a song connected to a particular feeling or moment. These influences are rarely translated literally. Instead, they find their way into the mood, movement and energy of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eLayers are built up, obscured and revealed, allowing earlier marks to remain partially visible beneath the surface. The result is work that holds both movement and restraint, expressive without needing to tell the viewer what to see or feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eAlicia’s paintings are intentionally open to interpretation. Rather than beginning with a predetermined meaning, each work leaves space for the viewer to form their own connection with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"second-nature","title":"Second Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e79 x 79 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas, framed in natural oak.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Second Nature is part of the Unscripted Language Collection. This work was built more openly than earlier pieces in the series. Larger areas of colour are left to breathe while translucent layers and repeated marks move around them, creating a sense of rhythm and pause. There is less covering, less correcting and more trust in what is already there.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1792984477419_269\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1792984477419_268\"\u003eFor me, this piece marks the point where the work stopped feeling unfamiliar. The colours, shapes and decisions came more naturally, without needing to force an outcome. It felt less like inventing something new and more like recognising something that had been there all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnscripted Language is a body of work built on instinct and restraint. No fixed plan, no forced marks, just layers that accumulate and dissolve, colour that speaks quietly. 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