Bridge Over Troubled Water

Bridge Over Troubled Water is a meditation on endurance, passage, and the quiet resolve required to move through uncertainty. In this work, the water below is deliberately restless—layered with intense reds, broken whites, and unsettled movement, symbolising struggle, memory, and the turbulence that often accompanies lived experience.

The bridge stands as a slender but determined presence across this instability. It does not calm the water beneath it, nor does it attempt to dominate the scene. Instead, it exists as a necessary crossing, an act of continuation. For me, the bridge represents the moments in life when one must keep moving forward, not because conditions are favourable, but because standing still is not an option.

The sunset light and its narrow vertical reflection are restrained rather than celebratory. They suggest not comfort or resolution, but persistence, a fragile yet deliberate line cutting through unrest. This is not hope in its idealised form, but endurance shaped by time.

Painted in an instinctive impressionistic style, this work draws on memory, transition, and the emotional weight of journeys both physical and internal. Bridge Over Troubled Water acknowledges that while the waters of life may remain unsettled, crossing is still possible and sometimes, simply continuing is the greatest act of strength.