One Step At A Time - Julika Pettigrew

“One Step at a Time” feels like both a declaration and an invitation — a visual meditation on progress, layering, and renewal. A dominant field of shifting greens creates the sense of a landscape unfolding, while bold interruptions of crimson, indigo, and lemon yellow cut through with sharp clarity. At the heart, a broad sweep of textured white anchors the composition: raw, tactile, almost sculptural, as if painted to both conceal and reveal what lies beneath.

There’s a rhythm to this piece — a push and pull between restraint and release, solidity and improvisation. The artist’s layering suggests time and process: decisions made, erased, and reimagined. It’s this tension that makes the work magnetic, pulling the eye across its surface to discover hidden marks and quiet gestures alongside unapologetic bursts of colour.

Hung in a collector’s space, One Step at a Time offers more than a visual statement. It’s a reminder of resilience, the beauty of transition, and the artistry in progress itself. It holds the room with quiet confidence while leaving space for reflection — an artwork that doesn’t just decorate, but transforms.