Inspiration

It started as a promontory at Wineglass Bay in the Freycinet National Park in Eastern Tasmania. As always the painting took over and I had no idea where it was going. The promontory became a wild island with writhing trees, rocks and caves surrounded by space and mist. The painting wanted a boat, so I gave it a boat with a seated man resting his oars and staring at me and a strange man standing in the bow…looking, looking. A story emerged but I can’t tell you what it is because I don’t know; only the painting can tell you that. All I know is that it's about tranquillity and space and an island.