I wish I could say I have followed Jesus wholeheartedly my entire life. I cannot. There have been times I tried to cover him up, silence him, bury him — anything to escape his presence. I did not want to listen. I did not want to be seen. And yet, in those very moments, what I encountered was not judgment but a quiet, persistent declaration: My heart is always for you.
Breathe, Shine and Seek to Mend #3 is a series of ten small paintings exhibited at Two Folk Espresso, Hobart, 2026. Each work uses the Christian cross — in its presence or absence — to trace a personal journey through the tensions of faith. Drawing on scripture and history, the works explore love and loss, hope and sorrow, restoration and destruction, wonder and rage. Taken together, they are neither a defence of faith nor a rejection of it. They do not retell. They confess.
These paintings use a wide variety of mediums, while all limited by the standard 25cm by 30cm birch board base. They can appear like religious icons, pieces of jewellery, children’s paintings, light shows, vanity mirrors and much more.
I wish I could say I have followed Jesus wholeheartedly my entire life. I cannot. There have been times I tried to cover him up, silence him, bury him — anything to escape his presence. I did not want to listen. I did not want to be seen. And yet, in those very moments, what I encountered was not judgment but a quiet, persistent declaration: My heart is always for you.
Breathe, Shine and Seek to Mend #3 is a series of ten small paintings exhibited at Two Folk Espresso, Hobart, 2026. Each work uses the Christian cross — in its presence or absence — to trace a personal journey through the tensions of faith. Drawing on scripture and history, the works explore love and loss, hope and sorrow, restoration and destruction, wonder and rage. Taken together, they are neither a defence of faith nor a rejection of it. They do not retell. They confess.
These paintings use a wide variety of mediums, while all limited by the standard 25cm by 30cm birch board base. They can appear like religious icons, pieces of jewellery, children’s paintings, light shows, vanity mirrors and much more.
