Rain on the Landscape

This painting is part of a new series created after a major shift in my creative practice earlier this year. Living on the coast in Australia, summer can bring east coast lows which result in thunderstorms and heavy rains that deluge the landscape. This painting unfolds in moody, layered colour, where deep atmospheric tones meet fluid turquoise drips and bold gestural marks. The surface shifts between shadow and light, creating a sense of movement and emotional tension. It’s an intuitive, expressive piece that reveals more the longer you sit with it — a quiet storm of colour, depth, and raw energy.
Painted in acrylics on canvas, this painting is unframed but ready to hang.

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My work explores the tension between wild expression and held space. I build layered, intuitive surfaces and let them find their own internal balance — unresolved, but complete. Colour is my primary language: bold, sometimes reckless. I want my paintings to land with immediacy, then reward slower looking. My process is intuitive, emotionally honest, and resistant to polish. I work primarily in acrylics and mixed media, responding to what each painting needs as it finds its way into being.
I am drawn to the works of Howard Hodgkin, David Hockney, Gerhard Richter and Brian Rutenberg — colourists whose work continues to influence my own.