"the pressure in my chest is like a storm building in a silent scream" Late last year there was a moment when I thought the pressure inside of me was going to just explode in an ugly and violent storm that would spew all over me and everyone I held near. I hindsight I know the pressure was a volatile combination of grief, uncertainty, anxiety, disappointment, unworthiness and just day to day life shit, … Continue reading JUST BE
Around the time that I finished Llama's Kiss I found a long ago stashed poster that I had bought that was a study of butterflies and moths. I had bought this specifically to be used in my mixed media work, but in the studio move I had placed it somewhere 'safe' only to be found at the very back of a draw, while I was searching for a roll of wrapping paper! At the same … Continue reading ARIA
I want to share with you today one of my favourite paintings from 2018 and one that is so popular that the prints from this painting sell out at almost every market! This is a painting that I wasn't sure that I would actually sell. At the end of August last year, I was accepted to my very first River and Wren markets and I also had my exhibition on at the Japanese Gardens, so … Continue reading Llama’s Kiss
CIRCE. Circe is the queen that started this series! A couple of years ago I painted the Winter Princess, which although bares a striking resemblance to a certain Disney princess, was actually inspired by one of my favourite authors Kristen Ashely and her Fantasy Land series. (I will share her in one of my flashback posts in the future so you can read the back story!) Since finishing off Finn, I have longed to paint … Continue reading THE QUEENS: Circe
The Queen Series ended up being a series of paintings that just seemed to magically flow from my paint brush. Not one of the queens gave me grief, or had me second guessing my colour choices. And when people ask me which one is my favourite, I can honestly say I love all of this series. So the other week (pre the holy shit my computer has just died, what am I going to have … Continue reading The Queens: NIX
After I finished my Sheltered painting I was bitten by the big canvas bug! I really enjoyed the freedom that a bigger canvas was able to afford me, and seeing my big eyed girls on such a large scale was super exciting. So I had been thinking about a series of paintings that were inspired by the fairy tales that I grew up on, the ones that for centuries have stood as warnings to young … Continue reading Goldie and the Baby Bear
I found this very beautiful painting of a Native American warhorse, the red, blue and white war paint dotted and circled the horses face. It’s mane braided with eagle feathers. Fierce. Brave. Warrior. And I wanted to paint one of my girls just like that. Fierce. Brave. Warrior. With paint on her face and feathers on her hair. But as so often happens in my painting journeys, the original vision for the painting transformed. While … Continue reading The Warrior Beneath
Mermaids have always been a favourite of mine to paint. When I was little SPLASH with Darryl Hannah and Tom Hanks was my favourite movie. I cannot tell you how many times I watched that movie (but I could quote it line for line!) My sister and cousin would play 'splash' for hours in the summer in my grandparents pool, swimming like mermaids, making that high pitched 'eeeeeee' noise that Maddison did. And when winter … Continue reading The Mermies are in da house!
