From the Artist…
‘Tracing back to a photograph I took in January 2024, a moment suspended between the person I was and the person I was struggling to become, moving through a quiet, internal kind of searching. Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip), 2024, captures the little day-to-day moments that often go unnoticed.
The scene itself is ordinary: snorkel masks drying after a swim with seals in Port Phillip Bay, bright plastic catching the sun. But for me, it has become a symbol of a before. This work becomes a way of acknowledging both the vulnerability of that period and the pain, suffering, and resilience that followed. It is a quiet reminder that even in the midst of uncertainty, there are fragments of life worth reclaiming, worth holding, worth painting back into presence.’
From the Artist…
‘Tracing back to a photograph I took in January 2024, a moment suspended between the person I was and the person I was struggling to become, moving through a quiet, internal kind of searching. Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip), 2024, captures the little day-to-day moments that often go unnoticed.
The scene itself is ordinary: snorkel masks drying after a swim with seals in Port Phillip Bay, bright plastic catching the sun. But for me, it has become a symbol of a before. This work becomes a way of acknowledging both the vulnerability of that period and the pain, suffering, and resilience that followed. It is a quiet reminder that even in the midst of uncertainty, there are fragments of life worth reclaiming, worth holding, worth painting back into presence.’
Chinaman’s Hat (Port Phillip), 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 12x9in. (2025)
