Bruised Eye
Watercolor, ink, and water, photographic transfer on silk
30” x 26” / 76 x 66 cm
Framed in a museum quality hand-welded aluminium
Shortlisted for the 2024 Jackson Art Prize
My work is a poignant exploration of innocence, vulnerability, and resilience.
Bruised Eye was born from a quiet moment that caught my breath. My daughter, soft with daydreams, sat before a sweater spilling over with freshly picked pears. A dark bruise bloomed beneath her eye—black and purple, tender from a fall the week before. And there, beside her, the fruit bore its own bruises. Both marked. Two different forms of still lives.
The use of silk adds an ethereal quality, allowing pigments to diffuse softly and blur the lines between the physical and emotional realms. Expressive marks drift across the surface—some bold and vivid, others faint and elusive—mirroring the interplay of pain and serenity.
Bruised Eye delves into unseen layers of experience, capturing the tender balance between suffering and contemplation. It invites reflection on the resilience found in quiet moments of introspection. Through this work, I transformed a fleeting personal scene into a universal meditation on healing, growth, and the enduring beauty within life's imperfections.
Watercolor, ink, and water, photographic transfer on silk
30” x 26” / 76 x 66 cm
Framed in a museum quality hand-welded aluminium
Shortlisted for the 2024 Jackson Art Prize
My work is a poignant exploration of innocence, vulnerability, and resilience.
Bruised Eye was born from a quiet moment that caught my breath. My daughter, soft with daydreams, sat before a sweater spilling over with freshly picked pears. A dark bruise bloomed beneath her eye—black and purple, tender from a fall the week before. And there, beside her, the fruit bore its own bruises. Both marked. Two different forms of still lives.
The use of silk adds an ethereal quality, allowing pigments to diffuse softly and blur the lines between the physical and emotional realms. Expressive marks drift across the surface—some bold and vivid, others faint and elusive—mirroring the interplay of pain and serenity.
Bruised Eye delves into unseen layers of experience, capturing the tender balance between suffering and contemplation. It invites reflection on the resilience found in quiet moments of introspection. Through this work, I transformed a fleeting personal scene into a universal meditation on healing, growth, and the enduring beauty within life's imperfections.
Watercolor, ink, and water, photographic transfer on silk
30” x 26” / 76 x 66 cm
Framed in a museum quality hand-welded aluminium
Shortlisted for the 2024 Jackson Art Prize
My work is a poignant exploration of innocence, vulnerability, and resilience.
Bruised Eye was born from a quiet moment that caught my breath. My daughter, soft with daydreams, sat before a sweater spilling over with freshly picked pears. A dark bruise bloomed beneath her eye—black and purple, tender from a fall the week before. And there, beside her, the fruit bore its own bruises. Both marked. Two different forms of still lives.
The use of silk adds an ethereal quality, allowing pigments to diffuse softly and blur the lines between the physical and emotional realms. Expressive marks drift across the surface—some bold and vivid, others faint and elusive—mirroring the interplay of pain and serenity.
Bruised Eye delves into unseen layers of experience, capturing the tender balance between suffering and contemplation. It invites reflection on the resilience found in quiet moments of introspection. Through this work, I transformed a fleeting personal scene into a universal meditation on healing, growth, and the enduring beauty within life's imperfections.