AT THE BEGINNING OF 2007, I MOVED INTO A NEW STUDIO AND SEEMINGLY INTO A NEW LIFE. I HAD JUST GONE THROUGH A DIVORCE AND WOKE ONE MORNING ABSOLUTLY COMPELLED TO DO THE ALICE PAINTINGS AS A COMMENT ON MY EXPERIENCE. I BOUGHT IN MANY ELEMENTS OF MY ABSTRACT PAINTINGS, SUCH AS THE TEXTURING OF THE CANVAS AND THE DECONSTRUCTED HEARTS. THE WORKS WERE ALL 140CMX180CM AND I HELD AN EXHIBITION AT MY STUDIO IN DORP STREET, BO-KAAP, CAPE TOWN. THE PUBLIC REACTION TO THE WORK MADE ME REALISE HOW UNIVERSAL MY EXPERIENCE WAS.