A Moment of Bliss

This is my entry for the Kalgoorlie Art Prize 2018 (September/October) with the theme ‘gold’. For those that aren’t from Western Australia, Kalgoorlie is celebrating 125 years of gold mining with this art prize. I have called this work ‘A MOMENT of BLISS. Use it as a Seed, and Water its MEMORY.”. Painted mostly in my pyjamas during many nights of heavy bucketing rain, storms, hail and wind while unwell.

“Inception, Desire, Conception, Celebration. Reward.

From time in memorial there has been the desire for gold and the want for life and love. I have combined both these themes in their raw natural uncensored state”.

text in the painting says, ‘A MOMENT of BLISS. Use it as a Seed, and Water its MEMORY’.