In this expressive piece, I've unleashed a vibrant dance of color and emotion, marrying the wildness of spray techniques with the precision of acrylic. It's an embodiment of freedom, a celebration of the untamed spirit within us all. This figure, poised between fantasy and reality, invites viewers to embrace their own joy and whimsy. It will radiate exuberant life and bold energy in any space it inhabits. Named after a line in Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem “The Brook”, where the poet speaks of the beauty and power of nature in a fairytale world.

Kerry Inkster

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The world of women swimming underwater features strongly in my work. I’m a contemporary painter and underwater photographer from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. My paintings explore the female figure and face through poetic symbolism, paint itself, light, colour and personal journal, and have a distinctive, bright palette with saturated tones and contrasting light. I use Notan principles, a term derived from the Japanese language, literally means “light-dark balance”. I find it to be an excellent tool for simplifying composition of complex scenes and to see value instead of colour. This encourages my exploration of colour, employing Paul Gauguin’s synthetics style, where I aim to synthesise three features into my work: the outward appearance of natural forms; my feelings about my subject; and the purity of the aesthetic considerations of line, colour and form.