You tun me inside out

May 2024

Oil, gold leaf and pigment on stretched cotton canvas
1200 x 900mm
$2,500
SOLD

I had this dream
In which I swam with dolphins
In open sea a transparent blue
(Maybe you dreamt it too)

…

I had this dream
That we were all one family
Which war and famine could not undo
(Maybe you dreamt it too)….

The Dream

Michael Franks, The Yellow Jackets

Everyday I see and smell the sea. I run along its shores, and in summer, see my children swim its depths. 

I hear a different sea everyday, but barely feel its creeping alterations. Shifting dunes and diminishing habitats are like dust gathering under the bed, or lines weathering once young skin.

The sea has been a familiar soundtrack in my life, a sellotape bridging memories from childhood to motherhood. 

At the end of last year, along with time on my local beach, I made numerous trips to Corsair Bay. My older boy was training in the ocean so my younger son and I explored the rock pools along the ocean’s edge. These works, sweetened by childhood inquisitiveness, encapsulate those memories for me.