Drawing

For me drawing is inherently linked to dance. Having my feet in both art forms I can see how they are both driven by movement, intent, and energy. As dancers, we leave behind intangible trails; my drawings strive to capture these fleeting residues as visible marks. This process is in constant motion, creating a complex ongoing conversation.

Loci
Mixed media drawings on paper
2023 - ongoing

I'm inspired by early 20th-century female artists such as Hilma af Klint and Agnes Pelton, whose process-driven work intersects with theosophy and spiritism. My drawing practice reflects some of these ideas, using a kind of intuitive modality that allows me to connect movement and the physical gesture of mark-making, creating a visual language that holds whispers of the numinous.

One method, which I’ve come to call dancing the trees, involves meandering through the paddocks, choosing a tree, and engaging with its form—its weight, height, structure, the angle of its branches, its internal skeleton; that which is seen and unseen; the sap slowly surging through its veins. I film the resulting ‘dance’ and use it as inspiration for mark-making in my studio.

Initially, my intuitive drawings appear as random squiggles, but they reveal hidden forms. These marks evolve into organic shapes that retain the essence of the tree and the dance that inspired them. I view these drawings as messages from the collective unconscious—not necessarily 'great art,' but genuine expressions of a language I am yet to decipher.

Anatomy of a wave
Mixed media drawings on paper
Driftwood assemblage
2022/2023

Living near the ocean, I often swim and feel overwhelmed by its force, frequently getting tossed about by waves. This experience mirrors my recent move from the city to a rural property, where my life felt turned upside down amid a flood of new sensations. I took these ideas into the studio and explored the connection between the rib cage, which contains our breath, and the ever-shifting structure of a wave.

And the bird said
Mixed media drawings on paper
Digital animation of drawings
2023/2024

I am a licensed wildlife rescuer and rehabilitator, specialising in birds. I volunteer the local wildlife organisation F.A.W.N.A, needless to say birds make up a massive part of my daily life. I’ve long felt that birds are totemic beings—messengers between worlds, slipping through the veil with ease. I feel their presence like a forgotten song—familiar, stirring, and inexplicably mine.

Ongoing practice

My practice embodies a daily exploration centered on drawing. I fall in love with the smallest marks on the page, feel the wobble of doubt, then steady myself. I remind myself, this has no audience so it needs no approval. I walk the paddocks, dance with the trees, and return to my bush atelier to begin anew.