Subterra
March 30 - April 13, 2024

West End Gallery, West Melbourne

 

When I first started making the Subterra paintings I was thinking about buried secrets, within me and within the world, in history, and time.

However, I’ve come to realise that my painting projects almost always turn into something more convoluted, personal and exposing along the way.

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I'm interested in the space between the world of feeling and the world of logistics and language. I use symbols from my life as starting points

and from there, let my relationship with that thing guide the rest of the painting. Sometimes it’s photos of my partner or people and places that I

love, but just as often it’s introspective; things that I fear, loathe, memories, dreams, or impulses. They all have different bodily responses, so I paint them differently; they all have heaviness and light, just arranged differently.