'Midnight Tide'
'Midnight Tide', 2024, 76 x 76 x 4cm. Mixed media on canvas, including: gesso, netting, spray paint, acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastel.
A vibrant exploration of the octopus's life cycle, 'Midnight Tide' merges oil paint, acrylics, spray paints, and oil pastels into a tactile canvas enriched with embedded netting and bold brushstrokes.
The inky depths of the background pulse with life, punctuated by tally marks tracing the octopus’s lifespan. The final ten, lighter strokes at the bottom of the canvas symbolise the selfless devotion of the mother octopus, guarding her eggs for up to ten months without feeding herself. A solitary green thread weaves a path through the artwork, representing the octopus's singular goal as a semelparous creature.
The deep blues of the image are punctuated with subtle bursts of green and purple, which shimmer like sunlight filtering through the ocean's depths.
'Midnight Tide', 2024, 76 x 76 x 4cm. Mixed media on canvas, including: gesso, netting, spray paint, acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastel.
A vibrant exploration of the octopus's life cycle, 'Midnight Tide' merges oil paint, acrylics, spray paints, and oil pastels into a tactile canvas enriched with embedded netting and bold brushstrokes.
The inky depths of the background pulse with life, punctuated by tally marks tracing the octopus’s lifespan. The final ten, lighter strokes at the bottom of the canvas symbolise the selfless devotion of the mother octopus, guarding her eggs for up to ten months without feeding herself. A solitary green thread weaves a path through the artwork, representing the octopus's singular goal as a semelparous creature.
The deep blues of the image are punctuated with subtle bursts of green and purple, which shimmer like sunlight filtering through the ocean's depths.
'Midnight Tide', 2024, 76 x 76 x 4cm. Mixed media on canvas, including: gesso, netting, spray paint, acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastel.
A vibrant exploration of the octopus's life cycle, 'Midnight Tide' merges oil paint, acrylics, spray paints, and oil pastels into a tactile canvas enriched with embedded netting and bold brushstrokes.
The inky depths of the background pulse with life, punctuated by tally marks tracing the octopus’s lifespan. The final ten, lighter strokes at the bottom of the canvas symbolise the selfless devotion of the mother octopus, guarding her eggs for up to ten months without feeding herself. A solitary green thread weaves a path through the artwork, representing the octopus's singular goal as a semelparous creature.
The deep blues of the image are punctuated with subtle bursts of green and purple, which shimmer like sunlight filtering through the ocean's depths.