Satin Soul 06

Satin Soul 06 began with a single question: what happens at the moment a fold opens and lets the light through. The whole composition turns on that one opening, a rising spiral that gathers from the dark lower left and releases into a warm ivory core near the top.
The palette is built from terracotta, coral and burnt sienna, cooled at the edges by deep olive and umber so the warm tones have something to push against. Fine veins of metallic gold run along the crest of each fold, catching the light as you move past the work rather than sitting flat on the surface.
Layer over layer of thin glazed brushwork gives the folds their satin quality. Depending on the hour, the ivory centre reads as sunrise, as heat, or simply as light on cloth.
The work is painted on gallery canvas over a 4cm deep solid timber stretcher, with the sides painted and finished. It needs no frame and is ready to hang straight from the box.
A large warm abstract for an entry hall, a stairwell landing or above a console, particularly against travertine, limestone or dark timber. Satin Soul is an ongoing series exploring folded light and gold thread veining. Each work in the series is one of a kind.

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I’m a Sydney-based artist and mother of four. Painting has been part of my life since I was six years old, but it became something profoundly different after the birth of my fourth son, Aaron.

Aaron was born with complex additional needs, and the months that followed changed every part of my life. Alongside the demands of caring for him, I experienced a long and ongoing journey through postpartum depression. There were times when I felt as though I had slipped beneath the surface of deep water—unable to breathe, unable to see a way back, searching desperately for light.

When I found myself unable to express those emotions in words, I returned to painting.

What began as a way to survive gradually became a way to heal.

Night after night, after my children had fallen asleep, I stood quietly before a blank canvas. Each layer of paint carried emotions I could not speak aloud. Slowly, those heavy feelings transformed into atmosphere, texture, colour, and light. Painting did not erase the darkness, but it gave me somewhere to place it.

That experience continues to shape everything I create.

Across my work, light is never simply illumination. It is a symbol of hope without certainty, peace without perfection, and freedom that is often found quietly rather than dramatically. I am drawn to expansive spaces, restrained colour palettes, soft transitions, and moments where silence feels almost tangible. Rather than telling literal stories, my paintings invite viewers to pause, breathe, and discover their own emotional landscape.

Although each collection explores a different visual language, they are united by the same intention: a search for light.

I don’t paint because I have found it.

I paint because I am still looking.