swift water Tumut River 2

On a kayak trek up Tumut River I was profoundly moved by the gentle power of the swift water and the mesmerising swirls and eddies. On the kayak your focus is all about the movement of the river, and this piece aims to draw viewers in to that experience.

Despite the dynamism of the river at this point in time, I find this artwork peaceful and mesmerising. The water was high from recent rains as well as letting of the Snowy Hydro dams above, and the water raced round the bends particularly, catching on submerged branches tossed there in recent storms.

We paddled from Tumut to Gundagai, with late summer heat above and cold Snowy Mountains water below.

This piece in the series is on unstretched canvas. Enough canvas is left around the edges for stretching across a deep edged frame if desired, or the work can be mounted.

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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.