Working Remotely II

A lot of things inspired this painting. First and foremost, I wanted to make a self portrait in the studio. It's one year on from my painting "Working Remotely".

The passion-fruit was found on a walk, the council did some tidy up of the trees and a wild passion-fruit vine was included in that. On the wall are some beautiful postcards I picked up many years ago during a trip to Amsterdam. They remind me that one day, I'll be able to go see these paintings in real life again. Here I am in the mirror, contemplating my next brush stroke. During the pandemic, I think I found the meaning to life. It’s the little things, and what Viktor Frankl calls “the last of the human freedoms”: choosing your attitude. I painted the landscape en plein air at Tweed Regional Gallery’s community picnic, and that ‘little thing’ gave me hope.

This painting made it to second round judging in The Darling Prize. It's still entered in a few other prizes before it will be available to ship.

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Artist, illustrator, engineer. Sharing the things I make and living on a beautiful mountain. 🎨

I love painting in different styles and creating whatever takes my fancy. I like to think you can see my voice in each piece I create. I love making still life, landscape, portraits, woodworking, and colour pencil illustrations

My work has been exhibited all around the world and is held by numerous private collectors. I've had my work featured in publications including Frankie, Little White Lies (UK), Yen, NYLON, Elle Girl (South Korea), as well as countless others. You can find my illustrations on all 10 Aussie covers of the Friday Barnes series by R.A. Spratt.

My experience in illustration includes advertising, children’s book illustration, textile design, editorials, asset creation for an animated TV commercial. Clients include Penguin Random House Australia, Oxfam America, Officeworks, and Saatchi & Saatchi.

I also lived in Germany for years and am fluent in the language and loved visiting museums when I lived there. You can see the influence of my time there in my still life paintings.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. Thanks very much for your time and for having a look at my art. :)