For Golnaz, painting is a play with colours. Influenced by the writings of Carl Jung, she has turned her attention to people, seeing them from an aesthetic point of view, looking deep into their souls, and seeing how their past and life stories have shaped and moulded them into who they are today. In her latest portrait series, ‘The Inner Child’, Golnaz studies photographs from her client’s childhoods to look deeply and intensely at each line, each mark, for hints towards what is not always obvious to the naked eye and to find and paint the hidden story. This holistic process, with an intense focus on the inner child and life story, creates an energy and connection which feeds into her paintings – some with sad, traumatic childhoods, others sweet and happy, but both equally intriguing.