‘Ingedagte’ is the Afrikaans for ‘thoughtful’, a direct translation reads as ‘in mind’. The artwork Ingedagte is therefore a visual mind map. Rather than having lines suggesting connections between different tablets, visual links can be made in terms of colour, pattern, and shape.

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The aim was to develop my concepts by capturing things that draw my attention – a motif, a shell, a texture, a seed, a system – and then to see if, with repetition and iteration, meaning emerge.

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While externalising my thoughts I was also able to experiment with my paints and develop a feeling for its control and behaviour. In this way Ingedagte serves as a database accessible for future reference.

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Taking a step back from the individual tablets and considering the whole, the collection can be arranged and rearranged in endless configurations. It can take the gestalt of an organised grid, a chaotic swarm of notes, a chronological sequence, or tiles in rhythmic patterns.