Sapling forest 3

In a perfect balance of warm and cool, and the grounding colours of earth, I became completely immersed in this pocket of forest. Time fell away and there was only the lovely embrace of a habitat that provided everything needed to the creatures here.

This piece is richly layered with delicate, organic mark making using a variety of tools and subtle nuances of colour to build the layers of forest understory from deepest crimson-brown to softest cool green. Come sit with it a while.

In line with my sustainability policy, I prefer to provide artworks on unstretched linen which is one of the more sustainable fabrics and removes the need for plastic bubblewrap. It will arrive in a mailing tube - much easier for handling!

As this piece comes as unstretched linen it will require framing to hang. It's done on fine weave Italian linen with triple prime, and ample fabric margin for any framing choice.

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From my studio in Canberra, Australia I work to create ethereal abstract nature paintings that echo that feeling of ease and wellness that twinkles through you when you stop in a pocket of forest or under a tree, stepping into Earth’s embrace. I would love to show you around my studio in person. Meantime, please enjoy exploring this virtual shop, zoom in, peer close, and reach out with any questions.

In the tangle of the forest understorey, the connectivity of all things is most apparent to me. The sense of oneness and gentle alive-ness leads me to create layers of subtle, organic marks that invite the viewer in, like we lean in to listen when someone speaks softly. Paint is added or removed, responding to the moment; some things from life, some imagined, as though co-creating, until this pocket of wilderness is formed enough to hold us. Final flecks of colour are allowed to skip across the surface like sunlight on leaf, web or tiny wing. I’m exploring the concept of Nature as divinity, accessed by grounding in the wild-grown Earth that is the ancestral home for our species. The result, I hope, is artwork with a sense of the ethereal; that is somehow both divine-uplift and soft-landing – like opening the door to home.

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As featured on Space Invaders home renovations by channel 9 (season 6, episode 6), April 2026.