Where My Colour Intentions Begin
When I begin an artwork, colour is never decoration for me; it is a form of intention. I feel hues before I choose them. They arrive like emotional signals that want to be translated into atmosphere, shape or symbolic tension. Manifestation, in my practice, is not about visualising an outcome — it is about allowing colour to express what I am in the process of becoming. Each shade carries a direction. Each intensity sets a mood. When I work with colour psychology, I am not thinking about aesthetics alone; I am shaping my emotional state through light, contrast and vibration on the surface.
Hot Pink as Emotional Heat
Hot pink appears in my work when something inside me is burning quietly — a desire, a truth, a confrontation, a need for tenderness or release. The intensity of hot pink behaves like a pulse. It feels warm, urgent, unapologetic. When I place it inside a soft-black atmosphere or let it bloom through botanical shapes, it becomes a form of emotional heat that radiates outward. It is not sweetness. It is not romance. It is something more raw and instinctive. Hot pink marks the moment when emotion demands movement. When that tone enters my palette, I feel as though I am manifesting courage — the willingness to step into my own internal fire.
Teal as Clarity and Emotional Cooling
Teal arrives in my compositions when I need clarity — when I want space inside the artwork, or when a feeling needs to breathe. It has the calm of water and the alertness of air. Teal is steady, introspective, and cooling without becoming cold. When I use it, I feel myself moving out of emotional intensity and into a more reflective state. It cleanses the composition. It clears the mind. It sharpens intuition. In the context of manifestation, teal is a reset — a colour that creates emotional distance long enough for insight to emerge. It becomes the moment I learn to listen rather than react.
Neon as Activation
Neon tones in my work behave like switches. They activate the composition and my internal state at the same time. Neon is not a passive hue; it demands attention. It feels electric, anticipatory, charged with possibility. When I place neon lines, seeds or glow around symbolic forms, I am expressing the energy of awakening — the instant when something dormant stirs. In terms of manifestation, neon represents action. It is the burst of motivation, the intuitive yes, the push that carries vision into momentum. Neon does not whisper; it signals. It is the moment when intention becomes movement.
Colour as Emotional Mapping
When I combine hot pink with teal, or neon with deep shadow, I am building emotional maps. These contrasts reveal how different feelings coexist within me — desire with hesitation, clarity with vulnerability, awakening with quiet reflection. Manifestation, for me, is not linear. It is a negotiation between the states that shape my inner world. Colour helps me understand this complexity. By arranging tones in tension or harmony, I express emotional realities that cannot be spoken directly. My palette becomes a mirror of my shifting inner landscape, a way to navigate the transformations happening beneath the surface.
Texture as the Ground of Intention
Texture changes everything. Grain, haze, soft noise and layered gradients turn colour into atmosphere. Without texture, hot pink would feel flat, teal would lose depth, neon would become superficial. Texture allows emotion to spread through the artwork in organic, lived-in ways. It makes colour feel like breath rather than pigment. When I add texture to intense hues, I am grounding my intention. I am giving weight to the feeling. I am allowing the emotional message of the colour to become tangible. Through texture, manifestation becomes embodiment — something visceral, not theoretical.
Symbolic Forms as Carriers of Colour Meaning
The symbols in my art — glowing seeds, botanical curves, mirrored petals, fragmented eyes — change entirely depending on the colours that inhabit them. A seed in hot pink becomes a sign of emotional ignition. A petal filled with teal becomes a moment of soft clarity. A line outlined in neon becomes a signal, a threshold, a psychic spark. These forms carry colour like emotion. They make intensity purposeful. They turn hue into message. When I allow symbolic shapes to interact with high-intensity colour, I am giving language to feelings I cannot articulate any other way.
Intuition as Chromatic Compass
I follow intuition more than technique when I choose colour. My process is less about theory and more about resonance. I listen to what the artwork asks for. Sometimes it needs a flash of heat. Sometimes it needs cooling. Sometimes it needs a shock of brightness that cuts through everything. Intuition is what tells me when to intensify, when to soften, when to pause. Manifestation becomes a chromatic process — a continuous dialogue between inner truth and visual expression.
Why Intensity Matters in My Practice
I return to intense colours because they refuse to stay quiet. They carry emotional charge. They move the composition forward. They wake the artwork — and me — into a state of awareness. Hot pink brings heat. Teal brings clarity. Neon brings activation. Together, they create a palette that reflects my emotional evolution. These colours do not just illustrate my feelings; they transform them. Through intensity, I manifest new internal landscapes — ones that are more honest, more vibrant, and more alive.
In the end, colour psychology in my work is not about choosing hues that match an idea. It is about letting colour guide the emotional intention of the piece. Through intensity, contrast, softness and glow, I allow each artwork to become a manifestation of the deepest parts of my inner world — a living expression of what I am learning, releasing, and becoming.
