91x91cm

Acrylic on Canvas, Unframed

Whilst pregnant with my first baby, I went through a significant phase in my art where I just wanted everything to feel loose and flowing. I wanted to not be painting ‘things’ but rather painting ‘feelings’. Pregnancy was incredible, and such an amazing journey of becoming. The learning to let go, surrender to your body, trusting that your baby and body know what to do…I think that all became reflected in my art practice. ‘Baby Let’s Buy a Boat’ is a piece that deeply reflects this. A focus on colour, feeling, movement and flow, an embodiment of my pregnancy journey, full of colours, rich in change and so joyful. The name itself has a bit of a story. Four years ago, when I moved to Lake Cargelligo with one of my best friends (we moved out on teaching contracts together), we joked that we’d have to buy ourselves a little boat, as Lake Cargelligo is renowned for its enormous lake that is central to everything within the town. I never would have thought those few years ago when I moved out that I would end up falling in love and raising a family on a farm here, and this piece captures all of that joyful journey.