~ A JOURNEY THROUGH NATURAL ISOLATION ~

"A society often makes one feel lonely, isolated or different from everyone else. Whether we feel it from a strange look on the street or being left seen online, these events can quickly lead to thoughts of self-doubt and loneliness.

Our planet is waking up from its self-isolating experiment. Normality may feel overwhelming as reality has hit back instantly.

Using oil on canvas, my cure for this is not a reaction but a re-enactment of something we all know and appreciate, being totally isolated by mother nature. This was my experience during lockdown due to self-isolation in the Bay of Islands, in a building designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Nature's beautifully mesmerising immortality allows one to become totally present, especially to the fact that if you haven’t been to the supermarket or a fuel station, the natural world will consume you very quickly.

Evidently we can never escape the fate of our natural world but she has all the answers we have been looking for."

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I invite you, friends and family, to join myself and the team at Monster Valley for a delicious drink provided by Native at our opening evening, Thursday 6pm-8pm on K'road.

There will be live music and a variety of my paintings on display as an intense reenactment of being naturally Isolated.

If you can't make it on the Thursday, the gallery will be open Friday 31th July & Saturday 1st August for further viewing and purchases.

Thank you to the support from Monster Valley and Native Sparkling

Photos thanks to Monstervalley