Life is but a Daydream
Ink painted with a stick on paper
76 x 57cm
The beginning of the journey... this is one of the first large ink paintings I painted. Visually it was inspired by a walk through the rainforest of Mossman Gorge in Far North Queensland. The dance and the birds came through when listening to a song my friend Baby Cool had written and shared with me titled 'Daydream'.
It's hard to imagine how 4 minutes and 11 seconds of music can go on to inspire hundreds of hours of painting. Yet it did. It was the catalyst I had needed to push through all the self doubt and limitations I had put on myself and my creative abilities.I spend a lot of time day dreaming, then I day dream about painting the day dreams, then for so many years I wouldn't paint them. So began a vicious cycle of self loathing as I felt I wasted so much of life living in another world, in my head with no purpose. Baby Cools song helped me to celebrate my other reality and channel it into this one. Which brings me to the title of the exhibition this piece was shown in, as I acknowledged that I do indeed live with one foot in this World and 'One Foot in the Other'.
Ink painted with a stick on paper
76 x 57cm
The beginning of the journey... this is one of the first large ink paintings I painted. Visually it was inspired by a walk through the rainforest of Mossman Gorge in Far North Queensland. The dance and the birds came through when listening to a song my friend Baby Cool had written and shared with me titled 'Daydream'.
It's hard to imagine how 4 minutes and 11 seconds of music can go on to inspire hundreds of hours of painting. Yet it did. It was the catalyst I had needed to push through all the self doubt and limitations I had put on myself and my creative abilities.I spend a lot of time day dreaming, then I day dream about painting the day dreams, then for so many years I wouldn't paint them. So began a vicious cycle of self loathing as I felt I wasted so much of life living in another world, in my head with no purpose. Baby Cools song helped me to celebrate my other reality and channel it into this one. Which brings me to the title of the exhibition this piece was shown in, as I acknowledged that I do indeed live with one foot in this World and 'One Foot in the Other'.
Ink painted with a stick on paper
76 x 57cm
The beginning of the journey... this is one of the first large ink paintings I painted. Visually it was inspired by a walk through the rainforest of Mossman Gorge in Far North Queensland. The dance and the birds came through when listening to a song my friend Baby Cool had written and shared with me titled 'Daydream'.
It's hard to imagine how 4 minutes and 11 seconds of music can go on to inspire hundreds of hours of painting. Yet it did. It was the catalyst I had needed to push through all the self doubt and limitations I had put on myself and my creative abilities.I spend a lot of time day dreaming, then I day dream about painting the day dreams, then for so many years I wouldn't paint them. So began a vicious cycle of self loathing as I felt I wasted so much of life living in another world, in my head with no purpose. Baby Cools song helped me to celebrate my other reality and channel it into this one. Which brings me to the title of the exhibition this piece was shown in, as I acknowledged that I do indeed live with one foot in this World and 'One Foot in the Other'.
Available as a Limited Edition Print
A1 - 594 x 841 mm A2 - 420 x 594 mm
Limited edition print - only 30
Printed on 320gsm Textured Cotton Rag with museum grade archival inks
Print comes with a deckled edge to look just like the original painting
Includes Certificate of Authenticity
Please note: It takes 14 business days to print and ship.
