The Seryū series is named after a Japanese poetic form that comments on human nature in an often satirical tone. The willow tree remains a pivotal concept, this time in relation to the transition that these trees undergo over the course of a year; from barren winter to vibrant summer. Each painting represents a specific moment in a season, the canvas backdrop layered with metal leaf in the tones of copper, silver, gold, and palladium. This backdrop for each piece astutely conveys the changing of the seasons through the tonal shifts of glossy colour. Each of the works in the collection features a large zero at the centre point of the canvas, Almond’s nod towards his opinion that, “zero is the nothing that holds everything together”.

The third and final series in the exhibition, titled Entropy, presents a group of multi-panelled artworks, again using the now familiar zero as the central anchor point. Amongst other fragmented numerals, zero’s appearance in these works addresses the concept of, “time as a multi-layered construct”. The overlapping of shapes, colours and textural qualities gives the pieces a depth that can be profoundly appreciated.

Each of the finished artworks from this collection resembles an electromechanical flip clock, which is a fascinating intersection between the other works in the show, like a tussle between man and nature. The spacing between the panels of each work forms a grid in tandem with the gridded backdrops of the canvases, enforcing a structure and form to the artworks when viewed as a whole.