Wild Fire

Wild FireLimited Edition Print Acrylic on Canvas (Original Sold) An altar to nature's power of regeneration a sulphur crested cockatoo, revered in First Nations tradition as the element of fire, rises from a human form surrounded by plants that bloom, burst, and shoot only after fire. Banksia pods, fire orchids, eucalyptus lignotubers and kangaroo paw each chosen for their role in the cycle of destruction and renewal. A work about hope, Country, and the sacred

Layers of flowing blue — deep cobalt moving into cool light — painted line by line in a process as meditative as the work itself

Grass Clippings was selected for feature in the Backyard Art Stories magazine

A yellow-tailed black cockatoo in hyperreal detail — deep blue-black plumage catching the light against a warm peach ground scattered with bronze enamel banksia silhouettes

eucalyptus blossoms

Original — Acrylic on Canvas 76

where image and feeling meet and where our inner sensory landscapes are stirred by surface alone

Rich in detail and warm in tone

Moreton Bay Region Art Prize 2022 — Outdoor Gallery Finalist

she sits in prayer amid mushrooms

professionally photographed from the original

Named after Sir Joseph Banks — the British botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his voyage of discovery to Australia — Banksy is a playful and textural celebration of one of Australia's most distinctive native plants

Flying Arts QRAA 2020 — Finalist & Touring Exhibition