A long receipt with multiple repetitions of the words 'It's ok' and 'H's ok' written in blue ink, some words crossed out in red, and a small, faint doodle of a smiley face at the bottom left.

It’s OK explores reassurance as a private ritual of protection. A simple phrase, repeated often enough, can become more than language: a means of containing anxiety, restoring certainty and attempting to prevent an imagined outcome.

The institutional green background references spaces designed to communicate order, care and safety, creating a tension between externally imposed reassurance and the private need to feel secure. Through repetition, layering and partially obscured marks, “It’s OK” becomes both comfort and compulsion: the insistence of the phrase gradually exposing the uncertainty it is attempting to suppress.

Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 2026
100cm x 100cm

Close-up of a piece of white paper with a faint, light purple, hand-drawn sketch of a bicycle and flowers.
Close-up of a piece of white paper with a faint, light purple, hand-drawn sketch of a bicycle and flowers.
A close-up view of a white textured sheet of paper with handwritten text in dark ink, and an imprint of an eraser or correction tool on the lower left side.