My work is anchored by the fragility found in nature. Expressed through the fleeting colours of a landscape, the tender beauty of petals and the complex textures from natures architects.
I am fascinated with the complex structures created by birds, built to house the most fragile of objects, their eggs. Some birds discard a nest at the end of a season never to return to it, their purpose fulfilled. Abandoned nests are reclaimed by nature, and birds start the building process anew year after year.
Nests first found their way into my practice 7 years ago using acrylics. They were personal to me at the time bringing stories to life of events and the home.
My exploration continued in 2021 and the nests evolved when I started using new painting tools, powdered charcoal and cold wax medium on Yupo paper. These brand new works are a result of my search for another way to express the fragility and textures found in nature.
I am seeking to create a balance of organic marks with both hard and soft edges, and through this process I am consistently surprised when I step back and discover a nest of photographic quality has been created. Just like nature, the longer you view these paintings, the more you discover.
“A nest is a very precarious thing and yet it sets us to daydream about security. An empty shell like an empty nest invites daydreams of refuge.” -Bachelard, a french philosopher;
FRAGILITY IN NATURE
This featured work symbolizes a transition between nest series’ and the exploration into another medium – oils and then Mixed Media.
Acylics on canvas
54×38″
SOLD
REMEMBER WHAT WE DID LAST SUMMER.
8×10″ SOLD
The Beginning
6×8″
SOLD
Available from the studio
Oils
6×8″
SOLD
SOLD
6×6″
The Rebel
SOLD
SOLD
SOLD
36×24″
SOLD
28×22″
SOLD
House and Garden
16×16″
