I have started working on the light bulb, adding colour and detail to the screw and painting a base layer on the glass. With the next part, I will paint the glowing filament that has burnt out with bright and colourful smoke to bring this painting to life and completion.

This oil painting will be called ‘Running Out of Ideas’, which was the state of mind that I was in – I couldn’t think of anything to paint. While I was waiting for that ‘bulb’ to light up upon thinking of a great idea, I thought maybe my ‘bulb’ is broke, which led to this conceptual, surrealist interpretation of how I could convey that thought from a painting.