This piece was inspired by an image on tissue paper titled ‘Beauty Within’ from a Touch Drawing session I did. I lay the foundations of this piece by taking a blank canvas and painting a series of symbols, like a code – an ancestral language. Then colour between the symbols and a red stroke to say ‘here I am’ and claim the space I am creating. Drips of colour on each side showing the dark and light, the masculine and feminine.
I add the tissue paper image on the canvas as a bases to work from. I keep adding paint on top to define more and create more of the story – the armour that I have built up is now being opened by my higher self. Allowing the beauty and vulnerability being seen. As the light connects this beauty grows and takes over a space that once was closed to others.
Acrylic, Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas
41 x 51cm
2025
$285
Close Up of Beauty Within