Formerly a passionfruit farmer, my artistic journey was long nourished in the margins of a busy horticultural life. Though creativity was always present, it found expression in the design and build of necessary agricultural equipment or the formation of a new paddock. It wasn’t until we sold the farm that I could free my soul from its daily grind and fully explore my sensorial calling. I began with realism in painting being drawn to detail and precision, but soon discovered that tactile, physical forms offered me a deeper, more instinctive mode of expression. Over the past year, I have travelled throughout Australia and to France, gathering corporeal inspiration from the raw textures of the lands around me. From the sculpted rock shelves exposed by receding tides along the remote coastlines of WA, to the weathered limestone cliffs of the ancient Lot valley in southwest France, these landscapes became my silent mentors. The resulting collection is my reflection of those forms: organic, layered, and grounded in nature’s quiet and splendid complexity.