As an artist based in Adelaide (on unceded Kaurna land), South Australia, I find ongoing inspiration in the rich natural beauty that surrounds me. Working with the encaustic medium, I aim to capture and suggest the essence of the natural world in my art. The unpredictable and transformative qualities of encaustic painting resonate with the ever-changing elements of nature, allowing me to investigate textures, colours, and forms in ways that reflect the organic flow and seasonal rhythms of the environment.

By utilising encaustic medium, I am able to build up multiple layers, creating depth, luminosity and complexity in each piece. This layered process mirrors the strata and histories embedded in nature itself — like timelines and sediments laid across the landscapes that stretch before us, each layer holding memory and movement.

I was drawn to encaustic from the moment I spread my first-ever layer of hot wax; the immediacy, the scent, the interplay of heat and pigment felt like a conversation with the materials. Never heard of encaustic art? Read more here about the medium.