I have always been fascinated by the way memories stay with us.

Not as perfect recollections, but as feelings, fragments and quiet moments that linger long after the details have faded. A place, a conversation, the softness of light or the feeling of being deeply seen can remain with us for years, even when we can no longer explain why.

That curiosity sits at the heart of my practice.

I don’t paint memories.

I paint the feeling that memory leaves behind.

Using acrylic and mixed media, I build each painting through transparent washes, layered textures and instinctive mark-making. Rather than hiding the history of the painting, I allow earlier marks, colours and surfaces to remain visible. Those traces become part of the finished work, much like the layers of our own experiences shape who we become.

Whether I am painting a portrait, a landscape, florals or abstraction, I don’t begin with the subject. I begin with a feeling.

Every painting begins with a feeling rather than a subject. I often ask myself, “If this memory were weather, how would it move?” A quiet childhood memory may become drifting mist across the canvas. Joy might unfold through expanding colour and flowing forms. Longing can appear as interrupted marks or partially revealed layers. Rather than illustrating experiences, I translate their emotional rhythm into paint.

I leave space for the viewer to bring their own story to the work. I don’t expect someone to feel exactly what I felt while painting. Instead, I hope each painting awakens something personal—a memory, a place, a person or simply an emotion they thought had been forgotten.

Based in regional Queensland, Australia, I create contemporary abstract paintings for thoughtfully designed interiors. My work brings warmth, quiet presence and a sense of connection to the spaces it inhabits.

Because sometimes the most meaningful things in life aren’t the moments we remember perfectly.

They’re the feelings that remain.