It is interesting how different events in our lives can be turning points or shifts in our direction of work and life. At the end of May 2021 I fell over and fractured my elbow which then needed surgery. During my recovery I developed a frozen shoulder and both of these things combined make for a long slow recovery.

Never to sit still for long I went back to exploring painting and other mixed media processes I could manage during my recovery and still feed my creativity and by default maintain my happy mental health.

This of course all happened during Covid 19 and lockdown which meant I spent many hours roaming Red Hill, exploring various trails, enjoying the view of ACT and paying attention to the wonderful details of trees, leaves, lichen and rocks.

Each painting is multi layered with hand painted papers, hand printed tissue papers, image transfers from my photography on my walks and finished off with a hand cut papercut.