The opal forest is taken from my childhood spent enjoying time in the huge gum tree forest of the Mount Dandenong Ranges. Each weekend we would explore the ferns, and foliage which were home to Australian flora and fauna such as the kookaburra nd lyerbird. As the suns comes through canopy of gum leaves one can almost hear the echo of a lyrebird as its kookaburra friends laughs into the night.
This work explores the controlled chaos of nature as depicted by the several errant strands of paint in the foreground and juxtaposes this with the ever-present nature of the trees which loom above and cast a solid green hue over the canvas. From a distance this work appears serious and impenetrable yet up close it is alive with fun and adventure.
The opal forest is taken from my childhood spent enjoying time in the huge gum tree forest of the Mount Dandenong Ranges. Each weekend we would explore the ferns, and foliage which were home to Australian flora and fauna such as the kookaburra nd lyerbird. As the suns comes through canopy of gum leaves one can almost hear the echo of a lyrebird as its kookaburra friends laughs into the night.
This work explores the controlled chaos of nature as depicted by the several errant strands of paint in the foreground and juxtaposes this with the ever-present nature of the trees which loom above and cast a solid green hue over the canvas. From a distance this work appears serious and impenetrable yet up close it is alive with fun and adventure.