I’m so deeply grateful and full of thanks that I had the opportunity to exhibit my collection "Living in Colour" at Milk Factory Gallery in Bowral. To see my work fill those walls, and to witness the show sell out, was nothing short of overwhelming — a real affirmation that people connect with what I’m trying to say with paint, energy and heart.
That collection was a celebration of intimate moments and vast landscapes altogether. "Living in Colour" was born from that simple, child-old impulse: I see the world through saturated lenses. Growing up in the bush, surrounded by eucalypts, animals, shifting light, I absorbed colour as narrative. “Living in Colour” for me means that existence, that energy, is never neutral — it’s vibrant, layered, alive. In this body of work I tried to translate not just the subject (a cow, a bird, a bull) but the emotion, the glow, the atmosphere behind it.
My technique in that show leaned into that intensity: layered mixed media, spray, enamel, oil stick, gestural strokes, texture that becomes part of the subject itself. The idea is that the energy of the brush becomes part of the being — not just a depiction of a kangaroo or a wren, but the dance of its spirit. Colour is the voice. Colour is motion. Colour is memory.
I believe these works carry more than form — they carry a spirit of home, of bushland waking at dawn, of dust motes in sunlight, of animals living with us, always part of the story. That’s what “living in colour” means — to me it’s to live in awareness, in vibrancy, in connection.
Thank you to the incredible team at Milk Factory Gallery for trusting this collection, for hanging it with care, and for inviting me into your space. To every new collector who welcomed one of these works into your home — thank you for believing in the energy, the story, the colour.
Your support means more than words can say.