In this episode of Totally Abstracted, I’m exploring something that changed everything about how I paint - The Power of the Catalyst.

You know those rare moments when a single tool transforms not only your technique but your whole relationship with your art? That’s what happened when I picked up a catalyst wedge for the first time. I dragged that catalyst wedge through wet paint and something in me shifted. Painting became about movement, energy and discovery.

I share how catalyst moments (and that can be from any new tool, new material or process shift) can mark a turning point in every artist’s story, a new phase of creativity and courage, where we embrace uncertainty, surrender control and allow the real magic to happen. If you’re curious about the catalyst wedge I always mention, or want to explore some of the tools that have shaped my own abstract landscape practice, you’ll find them all listed on my Studio Favourites page on my website. They’re the materials I genuinely use and love.

Listen in, and maybe this week you’ll discover the tool that changes how you paint.