This work shows Jesus completely covered in orange fabric, tied and held to the ground — a burial. It is an honest image for me. There were times I tried to cover him, silence him, bury him. I did not want to hear him. I did not want to be known by him. And yet what I encountered in those moments was not absence but persistence — a God quietly declaring: 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.
This work shows Jesus completely covered in orange fabric, tied and held to the ground — a burial. It is an honest image for me. There were times I tried to cover him, silence him, bury him. I did not want to hear him. I did not want to be known by him. And yet what I encountered in those moments was not absence but persistence — a God quietly declaring: 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.
