Sunset

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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Unexpected

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Have you ever come across a happy surprise? Running into a friend when you are low, getting to the check out and finding the item you were buying is on sale (scored), a beautiful sunset at the end of a long walk? 
This started off as a commission, but I just couldn’t get it to work, so I put it aside and started again. I finished the commission and came across this without the struggle, without the need to impress and what came about was unexpected. I had the feeling I have had before: that happy surprise.

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Hope Meets Adversity

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My husband took a stunning picture of the pool at Brooklyn, while we were having a family day, walking and eating fish and chips. 
It was an image that really stuck with me. I loved the contrast between the light and the dark and it very much felt like the contradiction of life: so much beauty but so much pain. From this juxtaposition can come great creativity and experience.

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Lennox Head Sunset

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This was a commission, as a wedding gift. It was a family favourite holiday place, with significant and special memories. 
The request was made that it be colourful and not completely realistic. That works for me as I love outlandish colours, I see the world through rainbow coloured glasses.

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