Yasmin Watts’s paintings extend her sculptural practice into abstracted two-dimensional works. They explore nature, the human figure and the interplay of emotional and physical realms, complementing her three-dimensional sculptures.

Each painting begins as a trace—a line, a mark, a gesture—small yet charged with memory and feeling. Shapes fold, flow and echo the rhythms of the body and the spaces it inhabits. Abstract shapes evoke tension and flow. Colour moves with purpose: earthy tones that root, vibrant hues that rise. Textures gather and disperse, inviting the eye to linger and trace the quiet spaces between form, gesture and emotion.

Painting of three people sitting on benches inside a building with large windows, and a person standing in a doorway, with varied lighting and shadows.
Painting of two people, one standing and one lying on the ground, positioned in front of a vibrant green structure with geometric lines, set against an orange background.
A person in a camouflage jacket standing in front of an abstract mural featuring orange geometric structures and green framework.
An abstract painting depicting a modern interior with multi-colored glass walls, wooden beams, and two figures, one standing and looking at a phone, and another visible through the glass.
A boy with a hoodie looking at a geometric, colorful abstract sculpture made of interconnected red, blue, and green shapes inside a room.
Painting of two children playing near a small shed with large green leaves framing the scene, red background wall.
Interior of a modern building with colorful walls and shadows of two people, one standing near the wall and the other sitting on the ground.

I paint with time
I paint with tension

Each mark recalls
what the body held
before words

Surface becomes language
Light becomes breath

Figures appear
not as monuments
but diminished
leaning
listening