Down Where It's Wetter Part 2 Ed. 1 of 50

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Artwork Description

The Tall Tale
You may say they're stuck, but they're not trapped, thank you very much. They're just not sure where could be better than down where it's wetter. Where breakfast, lunch and dinner are served each day on passing currents. Where they take what they want, when they want, how they want. Through shifting tides — far and wide — snarling schools on a detour who should know better.

Of course... they wonder, sometimes, if it's as warm as they say in Mermaid Bay. Just a stone's throw away, but miles from the comfort of their undersea highway. Known only through rumour, daydreams and hearsay — Mermaid Bay... is it even real, anyway? And still they wonder, would their shell shine different? New patch, new views, fresh shades 'n' hues and... perhaps they'd make friends in changed scenery, because devil-may-care can be kind of lonely.

One thing they know, they know nothing at all, but they can't stop this marching crawl of curiosity — tunnelling through this creature's comfort at the speed of knots. Earworms of adventure forever in shot. And there's no way of knowing if Mermaid Bay sucks except packing their things and trying their luck...

Sources Of Inspiration
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea • The lost city of Atlantis • Ariel's secret grotto from the Little Mermaid • The breathtaking detail of Graeme Base's illustrations and his perfectly ripe tales — rich 'n' sweet at any age • The Rijksmuseum's colossus of enchantment and public domain wonders

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Artist Bio

ABOUT ME
Born in Sydney, I spent my childhood surrounded by artists, oddballs and academics. They taught me to question everything. Respectfully and without fear.

Twenty-two countries and four continents later, I can find home anywhere with WiFi and a hearty chunk of intrigue. It's because of them, and I'm forever grateful.

ABOUT MY ART
It's All Just A Little Bit Of History Remixing...

We imagine history into existence every day. Shaping the world around us as we go. And I remake histories with every piece. From a motley crew of tales tall and true. A melange of myths, signs and symbols. Every one ripe for my kitsch confections, which could all be legends one day...

Every piece I create is true. Sourced from truth and grounded by it. But never real. Reality's a fiction we're all subscribed to, which doesn't make it any less true. And that's the thing about the truth. Or the past. It moves in both directions. Myriad, in fact. Never sitting still or doing as it's told. Forever questioned, dissected, reframed and upended. Queered and inverted. Packaged and performed. Told, retold, adapted then sold. Evolving like everything else. Which is why I like to think my art exists outside of time. Reaching for infinity instead of reality. A kaleidoscope of mish-mashed truths that are only ever as surreal as we choose to make them...

Toby Leon

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Toby's studio is in Sydney, NSW