Near Point Leo

This group of artworks are painted in my characteristic flat graphic style, and driven by my love of a nuanced colour palette. Each work explores the intimate relationship between landscape, imagination and personal memory. All are underpinned with an imperative to paint, and are imbued with recollections of travelling to many different parts of Australia. I seek opportunities to fracture, abstract, and play with the tension between detail, open space and natural form. Part of my practice is also to be open to the creative process itself and what emerges on the canvas as I paint.

My aesthetic comes from growing up in the modern era of design, while my love of colour comes from my mother Sheila. I always use acrylic paint and vary the use of supports between Belgium linen and canvas. I know a painting is finished when I feel a sense of calm and connection in my body as I stand back and look at the work. My hope is that viewers feel a connection too with these landscapes, possibly a feeling of calm, and take time to reflect on their own relationship to art, place and the lands we live on.