Sivarulrasa Gallery Signals Solo Exhibition Exhibition Sept - Oct 2025
Signals is my latest series of paintings and sculptures at Sivarulrasa Gallery. Like the Vanitases of the 17th century Dutch painters, each piece echoes the transience of life on our singular and beautiful Earth.
Signals come to us through time; as ephemeral as the beating of a raven’s wings on her first flight, and as enduring as a gem formed eons ago in Earth’s mantle.
These are my responses to the signals I receive from Nature; my answers to the ineffable mystery, never explaining, always in awe. I am smitten by this world which we’re meant to share more generously with our fellow creatures.
No beings were harmed to make these sculptures. The casts were created from a skull I borrowed from my friend Bill Jamieson, star of the reality TV series Treasure Trader. The antlers were passed down from my elders. They honour the deer and are a symbolic reference to my Sang Melé ancestors who lived sustainably on the land. Every aspect of this series is imbued with my profound reverence and gratitude for nature and all living things.
Sivarulrasa Gallery 10th Anniversary Exhibition Nov - Dec 2024
My work is a celebration of the resilience of corvids. Traditionally, they thrived in natural surroundings. Now, humanity has altered their environment, and corvids have had to adapt. They've become peridomestic. I hope my paintings inspire people to consider welcoming these semi-wild creatures into the spaces we share.
In this series, I resist the urge to make their eyes unnaturally bright. When you encounter a corvid, you need to draw very near to see the light in their eyes. I want the viewer to experience that special reward given only to those trusted enough to get close. This series is also the first in which I use genuine gold leaf. To me, gold is a metaphor for the incomparable preciousness of these majestic birds.
Sivarulrasa Gallery Rising Sky Solo Exhibition Exhibition Feb - March 2024
Ravens and Crows are the embodiment of magic and wisdom in many cultures. To some, they are bad omens, to others, the bringers of light. This multi-layered reputation is well deserved, thanks to their dark beauty and impressive intelligence. In my newest body of work, I strive to portray that spark from a variety of angles. I invite the viewer to see that we share more in common than we may realize. Can crows calculate? They can indeed. Can we communicate with ravens? Most definitely! They have a delightful sense of humour. They can also teach us a lot about patience and ingenuity: As a child, I learned about resourcefulness from Aesop’s fable, The Crow and the Pitcher. I find their beauty as stirring as their intellect. Their grace captivates me. The shine of their bluish black feathers and their noble features make painting them an act of reverence. The minerals I incorporate into the scenes reflect our common origins. Like us, they come from the earth and rise to the sky.
Sivarulrasa Gallery Looking Back Solo Exhibition Exhibition Sept - Oct 2022
I like to take samples from bygone eras and juxtapose them with contemporary aesthetics. Taking historical objects out of their original context allows me to see them in new ways. When I anchor an old photo or scrap of text to an art object, I’m extending its relevance and giving it new meaning. It loses specificity and becomes more generalised. A famous author, for example, becomes an upper middle class woman, who lived during the Industrial Revolution.
This series revisits some of my earliest collage work in which I tore up an old encyclopaedia and arranged the pictures against an abstract background. Since then I’ve expanded my repertoire of imagery. My backgrounds are also more complex. I incorporate minerals like quartz, mica and imitation gold leaf. The drawings and photographs represent the culture of previous generations. If a particular element makes me chuckle, I usually include it. I enjoy the process of reframing history because I can insert indicators of how our perspectives have changed.Looking back gives me a broader perspective for facing whatever lies ahead.
Cast Skull Works
My sculptural works are a series of cast human skulls, vertebrae and hands. They resemble human/animal hybrids that signify our connection to the land and the reality of our interdependence with other species. They remind us that we too, are animals. The underlying purpose of this work is to invite a deeper consideration of cross-species relations through more ecologically mindful values.