Beauty for ashes l and ll is a layered diptych full of energetic layers that reveal the layered inner landscapes we carry — where memory, desire, aspiration, and survival intersect. The work reflects the tensions between our internal truths and external influences: the push and pull of emotions, the shaping of perception, and the delicate balance between resilience and vulnerability. Through abstraction, it delves into the psychological and emotional terrains that exist only within ourselves, expressing both the challenges we face and the enduring human spirit that allows us to move forward. This painting celebrates the unquenchable spark of hope, the quiet persistence of faith, and the inner strength that carries us through uncertainty — an intimate reflection of the universal.
Inspired by the shifting hues and tactile surfaces of the bluegum tree as it sheds its bark, Bluegum explores cycles of change, renewal, and quiet transformation. Layers of acrylic, ink, collage and mixed media reveal subtle transitions of colour and texture—echoing both the beauty of the external landscape and the inner processes of release and becoming. The work invites the viewer to pause and consider their own response, finding within its surfaces a dialogue between strength and vulnerability, permanence and change.
Through the blaze is a painting centred around the notion of emergence—where life resists clarity yet continues to unfold. Its muted tones and soft, indistinct forms hold a quiet tension, inviting reflection on the delicate spaces between presence, uncertainty and becoming.
Regeneration explores renewal and hope through layered fields of colour and subtle mark-making. Quietly reflective, carrying a sense of emergence in the vibrant colour field, the work balances stillness with vibrancy, suggesting cycles of resilience and restoration—moments where clarity begins to surface from complexity. Through abstraction, it becomes a meditation on renewal, mirroring the ways our inner and outer landscapes hold space for both fragility and strength.
