lighthouse

Have you ever seen a lighthouse in action; helping someone stranded in the sea at night?

I notice that we don't think or speak about them much in society.

They play a big role in helping us receive the resources we need from overseas!

I painted this lighthouse piece as I wanted to shed light on how important lighthouses are and how much more we need to appreciate what they do for us.

As you can see, someone is dancing/making a commotion to get help on a rocky outcrop far out a sea, somehow they have been lucky enough to have a lighthouse spot them and are now in the lighthouse beams!

In this artwork I wanted to explore 2 ideas:

1) I love lighthouse and I think they are amazing.

I think that they are something that in society is not looked at enough or recognized for how much it does for us, cause if not for them, ship wouldn't be able to see at night and we wouldn't be able to get the things we need and want that come via ships.

The other thing I wanted to explore was shadows; I love shadows!

Shadows are amazing, from one angle it's completely dark and on the other side is an outline of the object thanks to light that now illuminates it!

This is what I try to show on this painting, the beauty of light at night when it hits an object and illuminates just the outline of it.

This painting arrives ready to hang.

P.S. This took me 1.5 months to create, and that is reflected in the price.

"My art explores everything that is beautiful in this world...People, places, emotions, experiences, and opportunities."

- Yeshaya Dank.

I want beauty to be accessible to everyone, and for there to be the understanding that beauty exists everywhere, all the time, you just need to search for it and you will be dearly rewarded!

I paint the uncharted territory, the places and things that I've never seen painted like this before or from this angle.

I try to put many hidden gems into one painting, just waiting for you to discover.

Showing how everything has beauty, it's just waiting to be discovered.

Same with my artworks; with time you will discover new and beautiful details on each painting, which were previously hidden in plain sight!

The artists who inspire my work include:

Edvard Munch, Vincent Van Gogh, and JR.

What is my creation process?

I start by cutting stencils, to ensure that the base shapes and textures are perfect. I then paint using watercolour; up to 50 layers of different colours, in different areas. Allowing some areas to dry fast and some to try slower, creating different textures and shades of colour.

I use thin canvasses intentionally, as i am trying to create beautiful getaways that when not being used, can just blend back into the background again. They don't stick out at you, yet they are still easily accessed at a moments notice, exactly when you need them.

My total creation time, can be up to 3 months per painting.

I grew up in Sydney, Australia. I'm currently based in Victoria, Australia.

Thank you all so much for your ongoing support and I look forward to meeting all of you at some point in the near future! :)