By Karen Mayo There are moments in life when something shifts quietly. Not with fireworks or grand announcements, but with a simple realisation that the time has come to begin again. For me, that moment arrived recently when I secured a studio space in the heart of my local arts community. After years of teaching, supporting students, raising a family, and helping others discover their creative voice, I am finally returning to my own. The funny thing is that this wasn't part

One of the things I love most about creating a new body of work is that you rarely know where it will lead when you begin. Evolution started with a simple question that stayed with me for months: How do we visually represent change? Change is something we all experience, yet it can be difficult to describe. It unfolds slowly, often unnoticed until we look back and realise how far we've travelled. As I began developing this new series, I found myself reflecting not only on tra