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A New work

Title: Then She Was Rising Size 120 x 90 cm

20-07-2022

After a 3 month break spent insulating and rearranging my studio, this is the first new work.

It sat in my studio with just the background and chair for months.

I feel I got that sense of floating or rising well in this one.

Surprisingly it was sold even before it was finished thanks to instagram and Traffic Jam Galleries.

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A Work For My Own Wall

Whale Song Rising Size 120 x 90 cm

Whale Song Rising

A Work For My Own Wall

This work is one from the Deep Ocean series I occasionally add to.  A pod of Sperm whales rise from the deep singing to each other. in the for ground, two tired old lounge chairs rest on the ground. A place for contemplation, either well used or long forgotten. And to the right a woman floats, rising gradually.

Is it the whale song that raises her to defy gravity? Or is it a dream state in her mind? Perhaps there is no connection but happen stance. Perhaps not. 

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Altitude of the Mind​

Altitude of the Mind is a work exploring the idea that the conscious  mind is the high country and that not every idea flies.

Altitude of the Mind​ is a work exploring the idea that the conscious  mind is the high country and that not every idea flies.

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A new work for my up coming Mini exhibition at Traffic Jam Galleries 15 – 30 March

Sky Plant, Comfortable Orchid Size 90 x 90 cm

This a work for my up coming mini exhibition of eight works at Traffic Jam Galleries in Neutral Bay, Sydney. Running March 15 – 30.

This old green, felt arm chair has a kakadama ( moss ball ) orchid floating within the chair but not touching it. Its it coincidence or is there a connection between there two? Both are depicted high above the clouds. A jarring setting for such personable items. It raises the questions, why? How? 

Have fun answering them, or not. 

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A New Direction

Title: Dancing With Nautili, Size 90 x 120 cm Acrylic on Canvas

I’ve been working towards a way to include the human figure for a while and  this is the best resolved attempt thus far. I’ve just sold this one through Boltspace in Maitland. A collector from Newcastle seemed to agree with me. It brings together the joy of the dancer with the isolation of a practice space. Yet the freedom to imagine flowing with the nautili as she feels the energy of the dance, transcending, if just in the moment, that isolation. 

I had a lot of joy in capturing the distressed, decaying room, but what I really am happy with is the light falling across the subject from left to right.