island 1
1. island 1 2010, 180 x 180cm, oil on canvas
night reef 1
2. night reef 1 2010, 80x80 cm, oil on canvas
night reef 2
3. night reef 2 2010, 75x75cm, oil on canvas
turquoise beach
4. turquoise beach 2010, 3m x 150 cm diptych, oil on canvas
island 2
5. island 2 2010, 3m x 150 cm diptych, oil on canvas
day current
6. day current 2010, 75x75cm, oil on canvas
dive 1
7. dive 1 2010, 100x130cm, oil on canvas
dive 2
8. dive 2 2010, 100x130cm, oil on canvas
geisha 1 (flowers)
9. geisha 1 (flowers) 2010, 50 x 50 cm, oil on canvas
geisha 2 (sponge)
10. geisha 2 (sponge) 2010, 50 x 50 cm, oil on canvas
geisha 3 (doilies)
11. geisha 3 (doilies) 2010, 50 x 50 cm, oil on canvas
geisha 4 (blue sky)
12. geisha 4 (blue sky) 2010, 50 x 50 cm, oil on canvas
touch 2 coral coral
13. touch 2 coral coral 2010, 30 x 30cm, oil on canvas
touch 4 bigrock
14. touch 4 bigrock 2010, 30 x 30cm, oil on canvas
touch 5 red
15. touch 5 red 2010, 30 x 30cm, oil on canvas
touch 8 pink and red
16. touch 8 pink and red 2010, 30 x 30cm, oil on canvas
shore 4 (australian gold)
17. shore 4 (australian gold) 2010, 30 x 30cm, oil on canvas

The Floating World 2 (Melb) - 2010

The first paintings in the Floating World series were exhibited in 2009 at Johnston Gallery, Perth and Summit Gallery, Calgary, Canada.

This exhibition incorporated new work. The Floating World paintings are inspired by ideas of sensuality, immersion and imagination. Although abstract in nature, these paintings reference bodily experience (ideas of ‘surrender’, of giving in to a movement that transports you, a bodily 'letting go')  particularly the experience of ‘floating over’ an underwater landscape. They were initially inspired by experiences of snorkeling in the Leeuwin Current, which washes down the coast of Western Australia. In some ways the moving or 'floating' over any landscape involve feelings of both apprehension and pleasure. 

My work also explores the possibilities inherent in the act of painting, and paint itself.  My aim is to paint images in which, through juxtaposing texture and colour, I create ‘worlds’ that encompass both illumination/surface and darkness/depth.