FREEDOM

"Freedom" was inspired by the experience of lockdown during the pandemic and represents confinement and freedom which was experienced by many of us during the COVID pandemic.

The dark and textured painting depicts a view through a deep concrete window, its surface marred and worn. A stark contrast is created by the wired mesh across the opening, where a free pigeon sits, surveying his surrounds and ready to take flight.

I will always remember the freedom felt when the lockdowns were lifted and we were free to fly!

This painting was selected as a gallery finalist in the 2022 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award.

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I love nature and our beautiful world and hope to share, via my paintings, some more remote vistas with anyone else who appreciates the bush, beach and far away places.

Born and bred in Brisbane, I have also lived in London, Sydney and Melbourne. Whenever I am away, I feel the pull of my beloved homeland and am always grateful to be living in such a wonderful country!

Being a keen traveller, I have collected many images in my head and camera from all over the world. These provide me with an almost unlimited supply of inspiration with which to create my oil paintings. Painting these images is a wonderful opportunity to re-live my life experiences.

When I’m not painting, I run a small group which helps to promote Brisbane’s Emerging Artists and their art.