Some of my work from the ‘Aquatic Creatures’ Series
Looking Down To Look Up
Floating into the next 🐙🌌
Formation of the Panthalassic Planet 🌊🌌🌋
Beyond This World
🌊🐙🐚
Mutual Curiosity
What are we looking at? I bet they are wondering the same thing about us. When life forces meet....
'Continuum'
The ever growing yet almost invisible world within the world.... A piece from the latest collection 'Continuum'.
Happy Supermoon Everyone! 🌚🌌
New Territory!
This thread keeps getting longer and longer....the more I pull, the more this concept and my deep fascination grows. The evolved jellyfish, on all levels, is the unearthing of something beyond this time and space. It sounds so cryptic and to anyone that isn't me I probably sound insane but I guess there is an 'artistic bigger picture' within these works and over time hopefully, as I understand it more, it too will be revealed. =)
Oceanic Evolution
Evolution continues once more on the Oceanic Planet 💚🌊
New series under development exploring planetary evolution through our oceans xxx
Aquatic Illusion
The beginning of the next...new artwork collection page added under Art! =)
Exploring the space between the ocean and the universe xxx
New Life Discovery!
Has a new species of marine life just been discovered on land?
Is this just the beginning of more ancient deep sea discoveries to come? xxx
Through the looking glass
It's been a long while since I have added anything but so much has happened in between....
The journey is evolving and here are a few of the outcomes xx
Heading somewhere
I'm not sure exactly but I think I am starting to see it all a little bit clearer =)
3D wave....water suspended in time xx
An alternate view
Turning a negative into positive.....xxx
Nothing looks quite as it seems and within that lies the beauty of it all =)
Perception
They say...'a picture says a thousand words'....
but perception and context is everything...so what am I looking at?
xxx
Colour Channeling
Often I think it is just me but seeing really bright, vibrant, bold colours especially in nature or natural things completely inspires me and I am in awe of what surrounds us. Each and every day, wherever I go, or whatever I do, I must take a million snap shots in my head of all the colours around us and want to recreate them on canvas.
Recently I received these beautiful flowers from a wonderful friend of mine and since the day they have arrived I have been in a trance! All I can think of is running out to the art shop and getting a ton of bright, bold paints and just letting the colours explode everywhere! Knowing me however, when I am feeling like this it will be probably be a huge creative eruption and the work will end up in the 'colour gone crazy pile' like dozens of artworks before them haha.
I guess that's what that thing 'restraint' or 'direction' is for....channeling the right colours and using them in a expressive way that best represents what I am trying to convey. But you know what? Sometimes....it's just like nah hahaha buy the damn paints and let it explode! =)
Yes...I got that all from colourful flowers =P
Stef xxx
Latest Artwork
My latest piece is finally finished....dynamic and wild! I love creating underwater abstract scenes and utilising heaps of colour, layers and textures xxx
Love to hear your thoughts! =)
Artwork will be uploaded for purchase shortly and prints are available upon request =)
Walking the unknown path...
I have spent days searching for words to write a profound and inspirational post about 'walking the unknown path'. After about half a dozen attempts I stopped and realised that what I was trying to articulate was something that I can only instinctively grasp right now myself.
So instead of forcing it, I decided to post a photo of this beautiful old rock wall jetty where I often walk, look out to the vast stretch of ocean and feel inspired. Also this quote by an amazing poet who was defiant, unconventional and ahead of her time.
"I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I am going is what inspires me to travel it."
- Rosalia De Castro
Says it all....xxx
Art Awakenings
Art for me is something where you don’t always know why.... can’t always be understood logically....and often isn't easily explained in words. Sometimes the magic of a piece is the journey leading to it's creation and the 'ah-ha' moments that were made getting there. The artwork itself is a cumulation of thought and life experiences intertwined with artistic expression and creativity.
Ironically that’s why I love it. It’s the one place I have to step back. I'm unable to influence people’s opinion of it, don’t have to explain or justify anything and can roll with my intuition and inspiration instead of always being logical and 'understood'. I personally am drawn to creating imaginative, expressive and challenging pieces that evoke discussion and explore concepts beyond this existence. It doesn’t always make sense to people at first glance or perhaps at all. But art for me is an evolution of questions, stories, experiences, emotions and wonder. I don’t always know what it is I am saying specifically at first but as I create the conversation is lead through my work and it ends up exactly where I wanted to go. I know why and what I am saying and the messages I want to convey are both obvious and hidden.
My true words are within the artwork and they are reaching out to be engaged. If you look deeper there is a world of conversation in there just not as you know it. xxx