I visited some people recently who are the owners of one of my paintings from the 'Overgrown' series made in 2014. It was nice to see it hanging proudly in their front room. It was also nice to hear how much they enjoy the painting from day to day. The last time I saw it on show (so to speak), was in the exhibition of the same title, the same year, at Hawthorn Town Hall Art Gallery in Melbourne. I had been working on painting method using sealed layers of pigments for a long time. This painting was the first one I made for this particular group of artworks. I tend to work making several artworks at one time: that is, I work several paintings themed around a singular idea. The painting was ma
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