Not just still life, a still life that speaks to culture and nostalgia. The sweet freshness of yakult and the ripe burst of a fresh tomato in the spring. Home can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. My home is wherever my mother offers me the fruit and veg from her garden and love is given not through fleeting words but build through acts of kindness.

Featuring in the 2026 calendar collection Rolling Hills Round Up in an original oil painting on recycled card. Depicting my uncle, on a black horse named Pepsi, mustering ten cattle with his two kelpie companions. The rolling hills in the distance topped with blades of golden prairie grass, reveals two more riders in the distance. Between them and a body of water expances to the left. This painting was of the day I helped out around the family ranch for a few hours. Soaking up the ever whistling wind of the big sky country.

Currently being galleried at the Banana shire council, Brigalow Arts Festival. Circe’s Temple is an original oil on canvas. This image depicts the moment in greek mythology where Odysseus and his fleet of men come across the sorcerer Circe. There was a feast laid out that the men uninvitedly helped themselves to. As a result, they were transformed into animals.

While this piece is outside of my usual style it fit the theme for the Brigalow perfectly: transformation. Exploring new styles is always a fun why to bring new skills into my work.