Who Am I... And Why I Am Here.
My life in the Arts Industry began in 2017.
I arrived in Israel, a Construction Diver by trade, booked in to work for the year in a place called Haifa… After meeting with the Marine company, an unforeseeable requirement was to become a 'Contractor' in alignment with my work visa, just to meet the standards, this mission outweighed the benefits.
So, I decided to fall back on my creative outlet to make the most of my time.
Art is my voice, having a whole year in Israel to focus on who I am.. and who I could be, was quite the notion!
By the end of the year, I was apart of an edgy arts community in Old Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, (think underground Berlin), I held a curated Solo Exhibition called ‘Inside Out’ in a fantastic Gallery space.
This kicked off the next phase in my creative journey.
Most of my life I've felt like an Artist, always finding my way in the community, drawing, painting, writing and playing music, also known as ‘The Croc Tooth Lady’ around Broome and Darwin. I'd have my handmade croc-tooth, pearl featured jewelry, with market stalls on the weekend between working underwater around coastal Kimberley and Northern Territory... well also the South-West and Queensland.
Water is a strong muse, more than 15 years in the Marine Industry, Pearl Diving up 80 mile beach, Aquaculture Diving and working as a Commercial Diver in the Construction Industry around Australia.
I love the lifestyle, the adventure and challenges.
An avid motorcycle tourer, I've travelled solo around the Country and a passionate world Traveller.
These experiences are all inspiration for my creative process. An Adventurer by heart fusing myself to the natural world, it's truly what pushes the blood around my body.
Since my fiery baptism into the art world, I found that Exhibitions are where it's at... a time where I spend months cultivating a space.
A space where everyday people come inside and are thrust into what I want to throw at them! Very sneaky indeed!
Passionately a self-taught painter, years of exploring the laws of harmony within a piece to create a visually formidable Artwork. An intentional painter, focusing on the fine balance between planning and creative intuition. Visual storytelling through experience and using fine technical proficiency to harmonize the piece.
Subject matter consistent with the more philosophical traits of life, Culture and Ancient History, Metaphysics and Anthropology.
Finding connection through Folklore and Mythology to understand how we move in the Now.
Why Fine Art?? THIS is why I'm here.
Fine art is an expression of creativity and imagination that takes the form of visual works. It's created primarily for it's aesthetic content, rather than commercial purpose.
Fine art is usually made to achieve a particular aesthetic, intellectual or emotional effect on the viewer. However, it can also be used as a means of communication. It's defined as being different from decor, and applied arts.
Fine art serves multiple purposes, both for the individual artist and society as a whole.
Beyond personal legacy, fine art also serves as a powerful tool for documenting history.
Fine art is a powerful medium for expressing perspectives, intellectual ideas, and a spectrum of human emotions. Whether it’s a haunting portrait that captures the human condition or an abstract piece that challenges conventional thought, each work of art encourages viewers to contemplate, empathise, or question, thereby broadening their understanding of the world around them.
Lastly, one cannot overlook the aesthetic purpose of fine art. Artists strive to create works that are visually pleasing or intriguing, using a variety of techniques to manipulate line, colour, shape, and texture to achieve desired effects. This aspect of fine art, despite its subjectivity, is often what draws viewers in, inviting them to appreciate the inherent beauty and complexity of the artwork, whether it’s the mesmerising brush strokes of an Impressionist painting or the striking simplicity of a minimalist sculpture.
This is my complete intention with publicly exposing myself. What a journey.