The Darwin Years
2012 – 2015
Where the Wild Things Are
A vision splendid lurks within
At certain times of the year, the Darwin sky puffs up like a floating landscape in the air, other worlds drift through in the backlit glow of a sun setting on the horizon.
I am inspired by the play of light and the fan-like forms of tropical foliage: spiky, bulbous, sinuous and flamboyant, waiting for the perfect head to dress in ceremonial stature.
Concerned with narrative and character, my work often projects a stage set or scenario, a playful concoction of some notion that has inspired my thoughts.
Where the wild things are, a vision splendid lurks within, 2013, oil on linen, 66.5 x 66.5 cm
Daylight in the Cavern of Bliss, 2012, oil on canvas, 45 x 45 cm
Armchair Explorer I, 2013, oil on canvas, 32 x 32 cm
Armchair Explorer II, 2014, oil on linen, 36 x 36 cm
Me and My Shadow, 2013, oil on canvas, 32 x 32 cm
Alice in Goose Land, 2012, oil on linen, triptych, 20 x 60 cm