OBSIDIAN WORLDS
Black is not the absence of colour. It is the beginning of everything.
Most artwork begins with colour. I wanted to see what happened when I took it away.
Black demands something different from an artist. It doesn't hide mistakes. It doesn't flatter. Every mark, every layer, every texture has to earn its place and sometimes things appear that you had no idea were there!
These pieces are not illustrations. They are not paintings.
They are worlds. They are built layer by layer, surface by surface. Resin, texture, paints and light working together to create depth where colour no longer leads the conversation.
Every piece explores a different question.
What happens when a rainforest leaf becomes a shadow?
What happens when texture becomes the subject?
What happens when black has to tell the story?
The only thing I know for certain with each piece is that black will be the palette. Everything else is discovered in the making.
As the collection grows, so do the processes, materials, layers and details. Each piece builds upon what I discovered in the one before it.
Only through time, movement and changing light do these artworks fully reveal themselves.
Growing collection. Every piece one of a kind. Made in Far North Queensland.
Radiance
Quadriptych, 40 × 30cm each. Gold leaf burst across four panels.
Featuring the Licuala ramsayi — Australian fan palm, native to Far North Queensland.
Price - $ 700 (quadriptych)
Fronds
Diptych, 50 × 40cm each. The first in the Obsidian Botanicals series & the piece where the hammered-metal resin finish was born.
Price - $550 (diptych)
Emergence
Quadriptych, 20 × 20cm each. The second Licuala ramsayi in the Obsidian Botanicals series,
caught in living green. Native to Far North Queensland.
Price: $500 (quadriptych)
Midnight Vines
Midnight Vines — 80 × 80cm framed mixed media. FNQ foliage captured in the stillness of night, with vines crossing through. Finished in glass resin.
Price — $1,600
Through the Haze
Sculptural mixed media, specialty smoky matte black ground, layered resin, chameleon & specialty pigments, hand-painted details and glass resin.
At first glance, deep black. Look again and a smoky matte haze begins to emerge, while sculptural rainforest foliage shifts through colour as the light and viewing angle change. One of a kind. Made in Far North Queensland.
Diptych — 2 × 39 × 39 cm panels
Price — $550
Where Light Falls - SOLD BEFORE COMPLETION
Where Light Falls — 80 × 80cm — sculptural mixed media, layered resin, chameleon & specialty pigments, hand-painted details and glass resin finish.
Price — $2000
The World Beneath
The World Beneath — sculptural mixed media, layered resin, chameleon & specialty pigments, hand-painted details and glass resin.
A hidden rainforest floor emerges from darkness: a hollow log, twisting vine, tiny fungi and a small frog waiting to be discovered. One of a kind. Made in Far North Queensland.
Price — $2,400
The Space Between
The Space Between — sculptural mixed media, five individually poured resin layers, chameleon & interference pigments, mica and hand-created celestial details on tempered glass.
Galaxies, stars and celestial forms are suspended at different depths, revealing and disappearing as the light and viewing angle change. Look beyond what you see first — into the space between.
Price — $1200
Foundations of the Forest
Foundations of the Forest — original sculptural mixed-media artwork inspired by the ancient rainforests of Far North Queensland. Layered resin, hand-sculpted buttress roots, aerial roots, botanical forms and interference pigments create a richly textured landscape.
Beneath the rainforest canopy, enormous buttress roots anchor a world of intricate life. A Hercules moth rests against the darkness, while a frog and green tree snake wait to be discovered among the roots and foliage. As the light shifts, subtle colours and hidden details emerge, inviting a closer look into the quiet complexity of the forest.
Dimensions: 80cm x 80cm
Price: $2250
Every piece is one of a kind.
Made in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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