Hypnopompia

This original textured oil painting is inspired by the phenomena of Hypnopompia - the state of consciousness leading out of sleep and waking - and the sensation of our dreams, sensations and their images and shapes falling away into coloured blobs as we fight the requirement to open our eyes and join reality.

This original work involves numerous layers of oil paint layered with pallet knife and brush to achieve a three dimensional quality and the feeling of something falling away/grasping to retain those dreams, feelings, images that felt so real moments before. This unique process has been slowly developed over the past five years, taking over a year for this work to be completed to ensure each layer and the work in its entirety is properly dried before varnishing and being made available for sale.

Black is the primary colour here, with flickers of different colour and shape, red, blue, green, yellow, colours that give hints at something being lost/dissolved.

The edges of this work are painted lamp black to enable immediate hanging (unframed), but remains able to be framed through myself (for additional fee depending on requirements) or Bluethumb.

The work is signed on the side and has a signed stamp of authenticity on the back of the canvas. The work is varnished and strung with cord, ready for immediate hanging.

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I am a Western Australian artist. My work can be considered expressionist and at times abstract, it can be bright, intense, dark - but always heavily textured.

My paintings explore and use the materiality of oil paint to capture moments and experiences, nature, sensations and memories - children/pets playing, leaves falling, oceans heaving, coral dancing, sandcastles falling, anxiety, peace and joy.

My processes and techniques use the texture of oil paint, carefully placed and layered with pallet knives and brushes to create the illusion of movement, space and a three dimensionality to evoke feelings and visceral connections of being present in a moment, experience or sensation.

While I primarily work in oil paints I do also enjoy playing with other mediums, particularly charcoal and oil pastels, creating playful works of my children’s leftover fruit – waste not want not!

While I am openly still developing and mastering my processes while completing my studies at Curtin University (OUA) and commence a professional artistic practice, I have been fortunate in selling commissioned artworks, exhibiting in Western Australia and selling work throughout Australia.