Art is an amazing therapy in many different ways. lt can improve your general well-being and mental health. Creating art injects happiness and freedom into my life and hopefully to others who view it. This painting is part of a collection that explores the juxtaposition of fear and freedom....and embracing change, honesty and new beginnings.

Carrying on with theme of Freedom and Fear I always had ‘fear’ of drawing and since I started painting once again in 2015 I always said I couldn’t draw. This painting, one of many to come, is me challenging that fear and putting down a figurative image onto canvas.

My titles are generally quite significant to whats happening in my life at the time or experiences I’ve had that are still fresh in my memory and my every day journey to try and process them. A lot of my work, I suppose, symbolises turning something good from the bad. ‘Laughing Now’ symbolises this.

I have used bright yellow and white graffiti style spray paint over various layers and textures of black and white which the image in black pop's beautifully giving a dramatic image. Acrylic paint, charcoal and spray paint have been used.