Forest Creeks 8, Pretty River

The more you look the more you see in this warming, delicate piece, organically developed with layers of brushwork for all the layers of growth in this tangled forest.

This pretty creek seemed to emerge from the bush, trickling out through saplings and grasses and tumbling over the rocks lit by full midday sun. I wanted to play with the gentle sweetness of the little waterway and the fresh growth around it, bringing a sense of youth, lightness, and soft colour.

The piece is under painted with three layers of wash, providing the light touch I wanted for the water and allowing light to bounce back at the viewer from the white canvas underneath, giving a glow of life to the water.

It's on thin-edged stretched canvas which can be hung as-is, or framed to suit your space.

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From my studio in Canberra, Australia I work to create ethereal abstract nature paintings that echo that feeling of ease and wellness that twinkles through you when you stop in a pocket of forest or under a tree, stepping into Earth’s embrace. I would love to show you around my studio in person. Meantime, please enjoy exploring this virtual shop, zoom in, peer close, and reach out with any questions.

In the tangle of the forest understorey, the connectivity of all things is most apparent to me. The sense of oneness and gentle alive-ness leads me to create layers of subtle, organic marks that invite the viewer in, like we lean in to listen when someone speaks softly. Paint is added or removed, responding to the moment; some things from life, some imagined, as though co-creating, until this pocket of wilderness is formed enough to hold us. Final flecks of colour are allowed to skip across the surface like sunlight on leaf, web or tiny wing. I’m exploring the concept of Nature as divinity, accessed by grounding in the wild-grown Earth that is the ancestral home for our species. The result, I hope, is artwork with a sense of the ethereal; that is somehow both divine-uplift and soft-landing – like opening the door to home.

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As featured on Space Invaders home renovations by channel 9 (season 6, episode 6), April 2026.