This painting is from a series of work I exhibited in Adelaide, in 2025. The series was exhibited under the name “Clang”
The works in this series were tongue in cheek reflections of the artist. They show light hearted humour and staring at the sun sincerity. This body of work reflected on a recent car accident I had, putting me in hospital for six days and leaving with a bad heart, and my experience as an artist practicing for over a decade. Resulting with work on themes of anxiety surrounding issues of the self, the body, urbanisation, climate, and artistry.
This work is named after a poem it reads:
“There’s a yellow daffodil sitting in the middle of the table.
You left the window open, and so it spins,
panics and stresses around the rim.
Frantically lifting lids and rummaging through bins.
And here I sit, on you come in.
Your hair is greyer, and you’ve gotten a little big.
But that’s just surgery fat, and it’ll go away once you stop walking with a limp.”