Carried by the Wind

Of all the works in Held by the Desert, this was the one that resisted me the most.

I began with a Wadi Rum photograph … drawn to the movement of sandstorms and the way the desert carries both silence and force. But the painting would not settle. The composition felt unresolved. I questioned the direction. I stepped away from it more than once.

For a while, I thought I had lost it.

But slowly, through layers of shifting colour and storm-like movement, something began to emerge. Not forced. Not planned. A camel appeared through the haze … almost like memory rising through resistance.

The work changed when I stopped trying to control it.

What began as uncertainty became endurance. What felt stuck became movement. The storm did not disappear … it transformed.

Now, when I look at Carried by the Wind, it feels powerful. It carries the weight of resistance … and the quiet strength of persistence.

Sometimes the work resists.
Sometimes it waits.
And sometimes it teaches you how to see differently.

Held by the Desert collection is now live on my website.

Sit with it gently.

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