Eucalypt forest (out bush) Painting

As a child, I was fascinated with the blank spots that had been left on old cartographic maps, designating parts of our planet that were yet to be mapped. They invoked a sense of mystery and wonder. Still, the possibility of the unknown existing today creates a sense of comfort in a world seemingly striving towards an all-seeing, all-knowing, all-mapped state of being. Through painting, I give myself over to, and honour, the unknown, as I am taken to a space where the colours, brushes, movement and I come together in a kind of meditative dance. I invite the onlooker to be taken on their own journey, and to cherish the unknown in their life.