Portraits and People
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Are you awake yet? 12 x 12 inch. Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel. SOLD.
I made this painting with love and joy for its owner. I based it upon the owner's favourite colour, creating a magical portrait of their sweet new cat. With both of us being bike lovers, I collaged bicycle magazines in the earlier layers. It was a lot of fun!
Remembering you, remembering him. 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 16 x 20 inches. NFS.
This piece is based on a time that my husband and I found his late father’s thesis at University of New England library in Newcastle, Australia.
Sisters. 2021. 11x15 inches. Mixed media acrylic on paper. SOLD
This piece is an ode to the many inspiring and supportive women in my life and the world. To begin, I wrote a poem (below) and then drew the poem onto the paper using a stick. Those letters and words then became ‘shape guides’ to which I responded with layering and mark-making, until these three women emerged.
Wild; masked but free, tussled hair
She faces you; the world.
Her cat perched, a part of her,
Gazing imminently; He sees you.
Is that defiance? Or love’s fierceness?
Comfortable in herself, too hard to label,
Though the world pastes its words onto her skin.
She’s occupied with bigger things,
Stencilled into her fabric.
Ladders, boxes and shapes,
All bouncing and galloping towards her,
Like society’s little quirks,
Small only by comparison to her coiffure and floating heart.
First strength. 2020. Soft pastels and vodka, 180 gsm paper, A3 (11-3/4 x 16-1/2 in). SOLD.
I created this piece in 2019 when reflecting on the strength and resilience of the first people of Australia.
Breathe. 2022. Acrylic on paper. 11x14 inch. SOLD.
This piece is a response to the book, "Another Day in the Colony", written by Chelsea Watego. There was one part of the book where an image and the feeling surrounding it persisted with me, so I painted it. Here is the quote that inspired the painting:
“Remember, though, you need to come up to breathe eventually-there is only so long that we can hold our breath, hold on to hope. Because hope is just a matter of holding on-it does not give oxygen to your lungs, it just stops the water from entering them, and as a long-term strategy it is bound to kill you. To emerge from that water, to take a breath, is to be sovereign. And both are found in the living.”
The sale of this sale was donated to the Institute for Collaborative Race Relations where Prof Watego is on the team of directors: https://icrr.com.au.
Professor Bow Bow. 12 x 12 inches (Framed dimensions 13x13x1.5 inches). Acrylic and modeling compound on wood panel.
In this painting, I seek to capture the sophistication and playfulness the feline companions in our lives. I intentionally painted in black and white to hone in on the shape and attention of this particular feline. The texture in this painting brings the fur fluffiness to life.
The beauty awakens. 11 x 15inches. Acrylic and pencil on paper. SOLD.
Have you ever felt so filled with joy when doing something that is true to your spirit? The day I finished this piece, I woke filled with excitement, knowing it was time to paint her. Her peace and inner strength is grounding, while I hold in my heart the role womxn play in the USA - historically and today.
Coco. 2018. Oil on canvas. 16 x 20 inches. NFS.
This painting is special to me, being a portrait I created of my dear Coco Chanel.
Stand. 2019. 16 x 20 oil on canvas.
I painted this portrait as a celebration of all the marvellous and awe-inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women back home in Australia. With much gratitude to Lillardia Briggs-Houston for her permission to paint this piece inspired by her own selfie photo.