Dopamine is a neurotransmitter involved in motivation and reward prediction, often associated with anticipation rather than reward itself. It drives the impulse to seek, to return, and to pursue something not yet realised.

In my practice, this sense of anticipation unfolds through returning to the gardens and through the process of painting itself. I am searching for a particular moment of resolution a ‘hit’ where colour, structure and rhythm lock into place. That moment is never fixed, only approached, and it is this ongoing pursuit that the work holds.