EMOTION #9
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 49.5cm (w) x 70cm (h)
When I realised certain things about a previous relationship were not okay. I felt stupid for not seeing this whilst in the relationship. I wanted to please people and that was played into, making me do things I didn’t want to do...
$100
EMOTION #6
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 14.7cm x 14.7cm
Making the hardest decision of my life. It was made quickly, without thought for the long term feelings of shame. It was the right decision to make. Abortion.
There are so many other feelings associated with this part of my life. Stupidity for trying to be a people pleaser because my partner at the time needed to have sex without a condom because it ‘felt so much better’. Angry that my ex partner did not contribute any money towards to the abortion and when reminded, did not make any attempt to make amends.
$150
EMOTION #7
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 14.7cm x 14.7cm
The time I realised I am a child not born out of love...
$30
EMOTION #12
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 49.5cm (w) x 70cm (h)
How much does fear stop us from doing things, experiencing life, living to our fullest potential?
I had a huge fear of leaving my corporate job of 12 years and stepping into a life less certain and less secure. The question that helps ease my fear is, “What is the worse that can happen?” If I can handle the possibility of the answer then I will take the leap...
$75
EMOTION #1
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 14.7cm x 14.7cm
Sometimes emotions come and you don’t always know where they have come from or why they are here. This was the case one night in my early 20s, excessive solo drinking, sitting on the kitchen floor crying, a knife in my hand, and a friend on the phone too high to care or to help…I could have chosen to end it all that night, but I didn’t…I went to sleep, woke up, bought some McDonald’s and vomited…This was not what I wanted my life to be…
$30
EMOTION #4
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 14.7cm x 14.7cm
The first person I knew to pass away...
Taken by a horrible, degenerative disease, too young and with too many loved ones left behind, some just born and some not even conceived yet...
Sailing by Rod Stewart plays as he is lowered into his final resting place...
I was 32.
$30
EMOTION #2
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 91.4cm (w) x 121.9 (h)
Women are told that they need to be kind, to be caring, to be nurturing, to be calm, to be strong, to be demur, to be this and to be that...
I have decided to be whoever I want to be and not squash or be ashamed to express my female rage...
$268
EMOTION #5
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 76cm (w) x 101cm (h)
That feeling I get when I get on a plane to travel to a new country, going on a first date, starting a new job, going on an adventure, leaving a corporate job to start my own business...
I call this nervous excitedness...
$150
EMOTION #3
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 91.4cm (w) x 121.9 (h)
Watching puppies play. Mucking around with friend’s kids. Being playful and silly. The peace of the garden and watching it grow. A calming sunrise. Puppy cuddles. Being creative. Good chats with friends. A beautiful sunset. This is what joy looks like to me.
$175
EMOTION #10
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 76cm (w) x 101cm (h)
People that build me up/support me/challenge me/champion me...
$150
EMOTION #8
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 14.7cm x 14.7cm
How I felt when I finally had the courage to share my mental health struggle with a previous workplace and they rejected the recommendation letter from my psychologist...
SOLD
EMOTION #11
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 20cm (w) x 25.3cm (h)
People that bring me down...And sometimes I am one of them...
$40
EMOTION #13
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 20cm (w) x 25.3cm (h)
The realisation that everything in my life has led me to this point and I have the skills and resources to make the life I want happen...
NFS