Freycinet outcrop, Tasmania framed

On a bushwalk high above a Tasmanian peninsula, the lovely dusky red rocks loomed out of Australian eucalypt scrub. This painting comes from photographs taken on a hike on the Freycinet Peninsula in north east Tasmania, which overlooks the famous Wine Glass Bay. The altitude of the place created a crisp, clear air and sense of drama as the earth dropped away, held in place by these huge sentinel rocks.
I was drawn to the unique warm colourings in the rocks paired with the Australian grey-greens, creating a strong complementary colour scheme cooled by the pastel blues. Between the rocks, the earth disappeared into deep crevasses established over thousands of years, where one can imagine Tasmania's creatures hiding in shadows along with the mountain's memories of millennia passing.

Framed in a box frame, wood with silvered edge, no glass, very light for its size.

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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.