Searching for Gold

Searching for Gold is a process painting, the scene emerging during the creative process. Mountains have emerged often in my reflective practice as I have moved into a new career as an art therapist. Mountains are my happy place, and are also symbolic of a journey, always striving for the top, but never knowing where the journey ends.
I have added fine details of gold leaf into the focal point of this painting, it appears like a distant unattainable dream, with dense, rough terrain in the foreground that must be traversed to get there.
To me, the focal point is a visual reminder to keep searching for the gold.

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I am a freelance writer, artist, and art therapist. I have exhibited my work in shows across Melbourne and the peninsula and have received awards for my pen and ink drawings and acrylic work. I am an artist who loves to explore new styles and to push my own boundaries.

I am most drawn to landscapes, contemporary and abstract works. I generally use my own photographs as reference material, inspired by places I have been, or I work completely from imagination, trying to encapsulate a thought or feeling. Much of my acrylic work features textured, impressionist and expressionist styles. As an artist, I am always learning and finding news ways to express myself. As the daughter of an artist, I feel that art and creativity runs in my veins. I grew up playing in my dad's studio and now have one of my own to play in.