Acrylic Painting

Thanks Mr Kookaburra

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For a couple of months tragedy surrounded us, culminating with my Father in law being in ICU.

The depth and weight of all that was happening meant we had to, as a family, find a way through. We went to the beach, and on bush walks, we had dinner out, we found ways to find joy in the small things: I call them microjoys. To see flowers popping up in the garden, birds all around. Seeing beauty in small things, helped us to get through the hardest things.

This beautiful kookaburra was on one of our walks, and it just kindly sat and let me walk up close and take its photo. So thanks Mr Kookaburra for allowing me to preserve a micro joy.

61 x 76cm
Mixed media on canvas

This one is quite different for me, as I literally blobbed and squelched paint over the canvas, like a child. I still don’t quite know how I feel about it, but it allowed freedom and healing to come as I ripped and pasted fabric, drew squiggles and randomly applied paint.

$500

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Climb Every Mountain

Musical

At last I can reveal the paintings I have been working on for The Sound of Music musical…this one is called “Climb Every Mountain” and was used on light boards for the backgrounds of the family scenes.

What a privilege to be a part of this amazing show. I can not get over how much people contributed their gifts to serve. It was a gift to be able to be a part of it, and just saying I am super proud of my kids.

67.5 x 76.2cm (painting size)
Acrylic on canvas
Framed

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Morning Hymn

Musical, Sold

At last I can reveal the paintings I have been working on for The Sound of Music musical…this one is called “Morning Hymn” and was used on light boards for the backgrounds of the abbey scenes.

What a privilege to be a part of this amazing show. I can not get over how much people contributed their gifts to serve. It was a gift to be able to be a part of it, and just saying I am super proud of my kids.

67.5 x 76.2cm (painting size)
Acrylic on canvas

Framed

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The Hills are Alive

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At last I can reveal the paintings I have been working on for The Sound of Music musical…this one is called “The Hills are Alive” and was used on light boards for the backgrounds of the family scenes.

What a privilege to be a part of this amazing show. I can not get over how much people contributed their gifts to serve. It was a gift to be able to be a part of it, and just saying I am super proud of my kids.

The Hills are Alive

67.5 x 76.2cm (painting size)

Acrylic on canvas

$850

Framed

$850

Persistent Swallow

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This artwork is part of my splatter art series. It brings me so much joy, to literally throw paint on the canvas, and is a At our local shops there are the most adorable little swallows that roost in the eves. No matter how many spikes have been placed there, pretend snakes put up, these gorgeous little birds can not be persuaded to move on. While it may not be the best for the businesses, they are so beautiful and a highlight of our visit; when we can spot them.

Framed in a painted white, lovingly made (by me) Tasmanian oak floating frame.

40.5 x 50.5cm painting size
43.6 x 53.6cm framed size

$660

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Gentle Whisper

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I painted this painting while sobbing. I wasn’t feeling the best, hadn’t slept, was aching for my son and I knew I needed to paint.
I went to the backyard with a box full of paints that I had grabbed and started to throw them on the canvas. As I cried, I cried out to God.
It has been a painful time as I have continued to paint this, and to continue to cry out to God for wisdom.
I was reminded of the bible verse 1 King 19:11-13, where God asked Elijah to stand on a mountain where He would pass by and there was a great wind, which tore everything apart and God was not in that, and a great earthquake and God was not in that, and a great fire, but he was in none of these. Then came a gentle whisper…
God has come to me in a gentle whisper: I just need to wait on Him, trusting Him in all circumstances and He will provide what I need and what my kids need.

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Dancing Daisies

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I was terrified to share this painting because it is me, in paint. It was pure joy to paint this piece.
This is one of a series of splatter art works, abstractish pieces that I have done, where I start by literally throwing paint on a canvas, and then I make something from it.
It also has a lot more to it than some may see. It is kind of like a parable, it will only really make sense to the one who attends to it closely and the more they pay attention the more they will discover.
It has hidden things amongst it.

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The Cliffs of Zenith

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Acrylic Paint on canvas, stretched and ready to hang
101.6 x 101.6cm

Signed on the front

I have fallen in love with Nelson Bay thanks to some truly special friends. It has provided me with endless inspiration.  
One of my favourite new discoveries was a hidden tucked away piece of paradise…Zenith Beach. The beauty there was staggering. 
In order to replicate some of the texture I saw, I threw paint all over the canvas as a base layer, squishing and pulling the paint with paper and glad wrap, giving the whole canvas undulations, blobs and creases.

Framed in Tasmanian oak frame

$1300

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Field of Hope

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While I enjoyed a previous painting I had done, I decided to take drastic action and paint over it.  
I needed to let loose so threw paint on this canvas time and time again (good therapy actually) until I saw this field of flowers begin to emerge. 
I have included in the pictures below a quick cartoon that explains the painting much better than my words possibly could.

Acrylic on Canvas
101.6 x 101.6cm

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Wondrous Weeds

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My wondrous weeds of joy! 
We don’t get to choose what life throws at us, most of the time, but we can choose how we see it. 
This is another one that definitely looks better in real life, check it out up close.


91.5 x 91.5 cm
Acrylic on stretched canvas, ready to hang

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Pearly Pebbles

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This was influenced by a previous painting and lessons I learn from Mitzi Vardi at a class. Super fun experimenting with splattering paint, water and then seeing what comes of it. 
I love this process as it starts out as completely abstract and forces me to be uncomfortable and not paint perfectly, but go with the flow of what the painting reveals over time.

102 x 76cm
Acrylic on stretched canvas, ready to hang

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Nelson Bay

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This is a reworking of an old painting. I always loved the colours of this painting and so never wanted to change that, but after a recent foray into art using stickers, I was inspired to create an impressionistic version of it and I just love it.
Requires stretching or framing.

121.7 x 121.7cm
Acrylic on stretched canvas (may have slight warp)

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Different is Interesting

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When I painted this I was desperate for stress relief and to throw some paint on a canvas. 
As I was doing this, I was thinking about my boys and the obstacles they faced in life. They both have things that make them different than others and at times this has made life difficult for them. 
This painting evolved into a statement to them: that what makes them different also makes them interesting. This painting is all the better for that one flower that sticks out. 
Hopefully, when people see this artwork and they also realise that what makes us different makes us and life all the more interesting.

 

122 x 122cm
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas, ready to hang

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My Life…Waiting

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I spend so much time waiting. Waiting for doctors, waiting for holidays, waiting for the weekend, waiting to hear back, waiting for the washing to be done, waiting for the kids to get dressed, brush their teeth, eat their dinner, get into the car etc etc. 
Sadly I was born impatient! I hate waiting: I would rather wait where I have to be than at home, I over analyse, in order to anticipate an outcome rather than relax into the waiting. 
Fortunately every now and then I am reminded of the joy in waiting. This was one of those days. It was heading on to sunset and I was walking with Jesse, he is a kid who stops and smells the roses, I looked back and realised how valuable the wait can be. In that moment, thinking of my boys, the joy they bring me and how much they both remind me to live in the moment and savour that still, peaceful, glorious moment: waiting.
76.5 x 61cm


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Casuarina

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We went on a family adventure in the last holidays and discovered a peaceful oasis at Casuarina. 
I fell in love with the serenity of this place, I loved the mixture of the long white beach beside this gorgeous tree lined board walk. It was the perfect place to walk and read. 
To make this painting I started off with an abstract splattering of paint with impasto. It required lots of throwing and flicking of paint, then an overlay of a variety of textures to create a base of texture which I then developed.

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A Different View

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I was inspired partially by a dream and partially by a trip to a wedding, where I was completely captured by the view across inland Australia. I loved seeing the changes in colour and sculptural qualities of the farmland in northern NSW and QLD. It was mesmerising and inspiring.
61 x 76 cm

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The Journey Home

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I love doing splatter paintings, where I just create by throwing and pressing and then let it dry and see what the painting wants to be.  
At the time of doing this my son (I would read some with him) was reading Anh Doh’s , “The Happiest Refugee”: I was really taken by this book and the hope it was filled with. Anh and his family left Vietnam under terrible and trying circumstances, but they made a great life here and our country is better off for having him here. 
When I painted my splatter painting, all I could see was these refugees, or this journey, from pain and difficulty towards hope.
101.6 x 101.6 cm

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Night Adventures

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During the school holidays DS9 requested to paint with me, so we did another splatter painting together 🙂 DS11 said, “no I don’t want to”, but I made him come and watch at least and guess what: DS 11 soon joined in the fun. 
These paintings start off as completely abstract, lots of throwing paint and preparation, but then the colours and shapes are developed into what I can see in the painting.

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