[STAY GOLD series]

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30cm

Iris is the messenger to the gods and she lives in the full spectrum of Rainbow Road which is actually an interminable roundabout since rainbows are, in fact, full circles. From the ground only the light reflected by the raindrops in the arc above the horizon can be seen.

She spends her days pacing around and around as she delivers her messages, keeping a sharp eye out for the gilded realisation of her hopes and dreams, but, as she never reaches the end of the rainbow, only the emptiness of fool’s gold slips through her fingers.

Available to purchase

Exhibited at 12×12, The Stockroom Gallery, 355A Wellington Street, Clifton Hill VIC 3068, 12 – 22 December 2019

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[STAY GOLD series]

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30cm

November 2018

SOLD February 2019

I-AM-O-PEN-D explores the chemical link between music and emotion. Dopamine is often called the ‘motivation molecule’ because it provides the drive and focus needed for productivity by operating on repetition, memory and attention. The human brain surges with dopamine when listening to the favourite moments in songs which results in feelings of reward and pleasure.

Allegra, meaning joyful, from the musical term ‘allegro’, is holding a golden pen as she listens while the bubbles of dopamine froth through her body and trigger creativity. I Am Open’d is one to unscramble!

Exhibited at 12×12, The Stockroom Gallery, 355A Wellington Street, Clifton Hill VIC 3068, 12-23 December 2018.

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[STAY GOLD series]
Acrylic on canvas, unframed
61 x 76cm
April 2018

The paint is metallic in places (hair, roses, nails) and changes in different light which explains the three photo variations in colour and tone. Photo 1 is by a professional photgrapher, photo 2 is in daylight, photo 3 is after dark.

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[STAY GOLD series]

Acrylic on canvas (unframed)

50.5 x 50.5cm

February 2018

Heathcliff, it’s me, Coralie. Come home, I’m so cold. Let me in through your window. ~ Kate Bush

So, millenials, before Lorde there was Kate Bush. Things I have in common with this babooshka: born in Kent, went to school in Ashford, lived in Eltham (London, Straya… whatevs), read Wuthering Heights, and became the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song, aged just 19. Last one just Kate actually. Also technically 1978.

The woman with burning sunset eyes is called Coralie. At first I thought Coral because it sounds a bit Eighties, but I think she’s on a French beach in the Med so… you know. Then I googled it: “Coralie” is a popular 19th century jewel baby name from the name of the pink semi-precious sea growth used to make jewellery and ornaments. Cha-ching! We’re on the same page.

INSTANT ORANGE CRUSH is inspired by sun worship, the beach sunsets of oversized 1980s wallpaper posters and the overblown pop love songs by empowered diva heroines of the same decade. It explores the nostalgia we feel for past loves through rose tinted sunglasses and questions the idea that nothing gold can stay.

This painting has been powered by Whitney, Tina, Annie, Madonna and Kate.

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[STAY GOLD series]

Acrylic on canvas (unframed)

February 2018

This is a story I didn’t know I would tell today on Valentine’s Day and I haven’t even said anything about censorship yet!

The story goes that about a year ago a lovely lady on the other side of town started looking out for art. She didn’t see anything she loved until she was struck by cupid’s arrow when she came across Venus on a chance hashtag. What ARE the chances, I ask? Yes, again. I should be so lucky, lucky, lucky because The Underdog is now SOLD to the lovely lady! And do you know what, this love story gives me those goddam dopamine butterflies.

14 February 2018

NSFW (Not Suitable For Work) Group Art Exhibition at BSIDE Gallery 28 February – 4 March

NSFW features artworks at BSIDE Gallery by 34 Melbourne artists in the form of paintings, drawings and digital artwork. Don’t bring your Nanna along to this one! NSFW is a group exhibition that will shock, appal, and excite. Exploring the notion that certain topics are not suitable for work, these artists will delve into the depths of the socially inappropriate. With censorship inhibiting artistic expression more than ever, this show aims to tear down the walls and prompt discussion about all the nitty-gritty bits. This is brutally honest, insightful, confronting and unashamed.

The Underdog explores both the way a woman sees herself and the way she is perceived at the end of mastectomy and reconstruction, whether the surgery is prophylactic or due to breast cancer. The censorship by social media of breasts, and nipples in particular, negatively impacts upon the visual resources available to 1 in 8 women with a need to know. Attitudes to baring all in a show and tell motion are being slowly, proudly and positively broken down by a host of empowered, self-proclaimed topless activists and cancer warriors.

This painting is part of the series, Stay Gold, where the story and the memory become as beautiful and as valuable as the gold in a sea of nuggets. In this case the scars are the stories and the gold celebrates staying true to yourself. The pink represents all women impacted by breast cancer.

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