Terracotta Tide

Medium

Acrylic on Canvas

Dimensions

36"H × 60"W

Year

2026

The Australian shoreline has shaped my life, my memories, and my artistic practice. Surrounded by water, Australia is a nation whose identity is inseparable from its coastline. While many associate Australia with the vastness of the outback, it is the ocean that has always defined my experience of home. Living in New York for sixteen years deepened that understanding. Distance transformed the coastline from a familiar landscape into something remembered, longed for, and revisited through painting. Today, from my studio in Dallas, I continue to explore that enduring connection. Light is the central subject of my work. I am fascinated by its fleeting dialogue with water—how it shifts with the passing of clouds, the changing tide, and the progression of a single day. These transient moments cannot be held, yet they remain etched in our memories. My paintings seek to preserve that delicate balance between observation and recollection, inviting viewers to experience not simply a place, but the emotion of being there. Working primarily in acrylic, I build each painting through successive translucent layers, allowing colour, texture, and gesture to accumulate over time. The surface becomes a record of the painting's evolution, echoing the continual movement of the sea itself. Controlled passages of realism sit alongside energetic splatters and expressive mark-making, creating a visual tension between stillness and motion.