Cutting the face
Oil on canvas. 120x40cm, 2025. Custom made Redgum frame made by Melbourne Woodworker Leon Stals
This painting was part of ‘Seeing/Remembering/Painting’, a group exhibition at Gallery One, Mitcham, SA, in 2025.
Carefully he holds his foot over the water’s edge
His body feels weightless
And his mind is present
Keeping him still as the wave passes beneath him
The pale ocean mirrors the bleached sky
And such that even the birds must take notice,
The man calmly carves a line in the landscape.