Colour and light form language in Green’s paintings. This technique is reminiscent of Mark Rothko’s and Vincent Van Gogh’s ground-breaking practice in their respective areas.  For example, Rothko’s Colour Field Painting, Orange and Yellow (1956) radiates bright orange, yellow and red blocks that represent joy. Van Gogh’s The Bedroom (1888) is a masterclass in using colour to convey a sense of calm.    

Similarly, Loose Ends discloses the emotions held in the stairwell of Cadbury Lofts, a repurposed chocolate factory in Montreal. Green says, “I’ve always been curious about how old spaces are repurposed, and how a building can take on an entirely new life while parts of it remain almost unchanged.”  Lime-coloured walls frame an open door. Speckled tiles seem to emanate remnants of footsteps they once held. Stairs will take you up or down. The green colour brings a feeling of hurriedness and acceleration that teeters on frenziness which is barely anchored by a calm blue stairwell. Radiating cerulean light in the stairwell motions us towards it. Although the bones of the space remain, the original banal wall colours are not portrayed; the colours that speak emotions and actions prevail.