SHORTLISTED for Refresh Art Prize SPINE, is not about what to add , but it is about knowing when to stop: using rapid brush strokes and mixing the paint directly on the canvas surface, causing the layers to move together, interact, battle or come together in unison. Forcing the paint around the surface of the canvas to create tension between foreground and background, raw energy is released on to the canvas. Violent broken brush strokes, blend with softer strokes. Painted while listening to the complex song Lateralus, by Tool.