Thanks to Procreate software, an Apple pencil and a 12.9” iPad Pro, I can draw and paint anywhere, anytime. First, I capture a scene or sight on my mobile phone. Then, looking at my subject, I open a blank canvas and work freehand using my favourite digital brushes. It’s a joy to be able to work so intuitively and conveniently.
Rockpool Series
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Breach.
The ocean floods the rockpool.
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Splash.
Powering through turbulence.
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Breathe.
In, out. Left, right. Down and back.
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Tandem.
Laps for two.
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Paddle.
Gliding through light and spark.
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Surge.
Floating above green-blue.
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Gaze.
Looking up through dazzles of light.
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Red.
Sometimes red means ‘GO’!
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Invade.
On a cold, wet day, a big surf crashes over the rockpool.
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Rush.
Here she comes!
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Slide.
A wave within a pool.
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Boom!
The sea knows no boundaries.
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Crash.
Surf crashes into the rockpool.
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Glide.
An ocean wave eases across the rockpool.
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Shimmer.
The sea bedazzles on both sides of the wall.
Wave Series
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Translucent.
Gliding up the shore, fizzing, pausing, sliding back to mother ocean.
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Collision.
Unbridled inflow, outflow; action, reaction, then joining forces, all-conquering as one.
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Spray.
White crests smeared backwards into mist, as she plunges toward sand and shore.
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Surge.
Rolling up. Crashing down. Unclenching white knuckles into crystalline hues.
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Foam.
Soft pavlova edges hissing and popping.
Urban Series
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Railway blur.
A streak of light and clicketty-clack.
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City dawn.
A Sydney Opera House dawn from the bridge.
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Chimney sunset.
A view across the rooftops of Redfern as the sun goes down.
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Expressway.
Lights above patterns of transit.
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Birds on a wire.
Roseville station at dawn, before the birds awake.