Trembling Ground

2025. Malachite, lapis lazuli, spinel and oil on linen. 63 x 73cm. Photography credit: Document Photography.

Do these beautiful objects seem emotionally contained, distant, even magisterial?
In fact, they are an embodiment of arduous physical labours, and thus intimately connected with life’s struggles, as well as its joys.

— Julie Ewington, Stone Breath Metamorphosis, 2025