Acrylic on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

This painting began plein air, on Darkinjung and Guringai country overlooking the rocks of Mt Ettalong and Pearl Beach. My late mother, was always a big lover of angophora's and had a lot of her own paintings peering through twisting branches to bodies of water.
A wonderful joy for me was feeling my grandfather and mother with me on this painting trip. They're no longer here and I never met my grandfather, also an artist, so having the sense of them painting along with me in the scrub was an absolute treat.
There was a huge storm coming over the sea, so I had to pack it in and complete the painting in studio. The colours became a lot more golden yellow and ultramarine blue from there and details of the bush turned into patterned brushstrokes. This was a great joy to create and I hope it brings you joy to look at too.