Agency (2024)

Expanding on the Odyssey Series, this new series continues to weave dense emotional and visual compositions as a form of self-interrogation. Using original illustrations, found objects and personal photography, these works explore my emotional and physical transition from coastal NSW inland to the Southern Riverina.

Working with handprinted cyanotypes layered and cut out to build individual works, the artworks are finished with various surface treatments and overworked with pen and ink, acrylic paint and glow-in-the-dark paint. As the works are completed I arrange them together and start to look for meaning as I build the story of my life and reflect on the last 12-18 months. 

In pulling the works together, I am often alerted to key themes I may have obscured from myself. The repeated motifs within the collected works bring clarity as they explore, through metaphor, unconscious patterns and themes such as Home, Belonging, Letting Go, the  Shadow Self (Moon) Freedom (Birds), Connection and Fate (Red Thread) and more. By decoding the works I gain access to the Deeper, Wilder parts of myself and free myself up to move forward with New Adventures to spark Self-Discovery and Growth.