Cave Wave, 2018, charcoal on MDF, 64 x 122 cm. / 25.1 x 48 in.

Cave Wave, Andrea Shearing, 2018, charcoal on MDF, 64 x 122 cm. / 25.1 x 48 in.

This brings together the lure of the cave with crashing water. Carl Jung said: ‘The sea is the favourite symbol for the unconscious, the mother of all that lives.’ For me the ‘Splash!’ symbolises the breaking from the inner dark to the enlightenment I have experienced.