Working in Birrabirragal, Bidjigal and Gadigal country, I explore the rhythms and patterns of a wild, coastal world, both above and below the waves. It is a world of swiftly changing moods, of ancient weathered cliffs, of oddly elegant flora and sea creatures, all slanted through with shifting sunlight. I create abstract landscape works that capture the sense of us moving through our environment, both above and below the sea. For me that involves a kaleidoscopic view, a sort of surround sound sense of looking everywhere at once. As an ocean swimmer, I see the landscape from a moving viewpoint above a world with no horizon. However even when we’re not in the ocean, we don’t see the world from a static perspective - we are constantly looking around and shifting our viewpoint.  As I’m walking in the Australian bush, my gaze shifts from soaring cliffs to the lichen patterns on rocks beneath my feet, from sun dappling shadows on tree trunks to pebbles in burbling creeks.

Rockpool from Chasing the Light Series

Ironbark commission for KSIB Associates, 2024.