SERENITY - Jellyfish Series

Swept Away

A beautiful jellyfish caught in the gently shifting water, rocked with the sway. A pthalo turquoise background compliments the soft washes of the jellyfish, with his tangling legs adding to the movement and gentle energy captured in this piece.

‘Utter serenity, caught up in the swell, guided by the push and pull of water, an ocean so vast it can never be fully traversed. The deep is wild and untameable with unimaginable power caught up in its waves, yet here is the safest place to be, fully trusting in the guidance found in the presence of You. Completely immersed until there is no other place we can be alive.’

Signed with metallic leaf on the front
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SERIES INFO

Exploring the mystery and wonder of jellyfish. Each painting captures something of the otherworldliness that is found in our oceans, the most unexplored region of Earth. Translucent, delicate, and deceptively simple, jellyfish are an important part of our watery eco-system. With watery colours and trailing tendrils, there is a contemplative note captured in the poses of these jellies as they float unconcerned in their underwater world.
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You are also most welcome to come view and pick up the work in person, I am in Officer, Victoria.
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Much of my painting intertwines musical form and musical language into each composition, exploring the possibilities in transferring musical energy (sound waves) into visual energy (light waves) via paint, and I am continually exploring lyrical movement, pattern, rhythm, melody and harmony as colour and form. Sometimes I love to paint simplified forms of specific melodies and sounds, while other paintings are inspired by the emotions and meaning of songs, music, and words.

I am fascinated by the timeless and infinite nature of music and memory and how they defy linear time. In a single moment, we can touch the world Mozart lived in, transport the soul of the Baroque to us, we can hear what our ancestors heard - echoes of past transcending centuries and carried in to the future. This is a part of what inspires me to paint, giving visual form to those ideas.

My world was immersed in music when I was 6 years old, and I studied through to University, where I completed a Bachelor of Music majoring in flute performance, musicology, ethnomusicology & performing arts. From this life-long pursuit of music, I draw from a broad palette of musical styles and experience, and an ever-growing library of sound inspiration. My faith has also been a steady companion and is a major part of my creative process, ' ma raison d'être ' - painting has a meditative, prayerful quality that centers me each day, drawing me into a contemplative state that connects me to the unseen. It is a process of surrender to allow the work to become what it needs to be.

I would be honoured to have your support, and I hope my work brings moments of reflection and conversation and beauty. Art is made for interaction, and without your thoughts and responses the work is silent.