This photo was taken at the end of the 'Gold Coast Sand Pumping Jetty' at 'The Spit' while fishing on a trip to the Gold Coast. Three things that I always find beauty in are the sunset, the landscape and especially the ocean. This photo captures all of these elements alongside the long seagull gliding through the air.
Although there are many other magnificent pieces of architecture that exists in this world, I was always intrigued by the Sydney Harbour Bridge at an early age. Not only am I awed at the simplistic design of the work, but I am equally inspired by its construction process and how after so many years it still stands unblemished. Affectionately known as the 'Coathanger' the harbour bridge was opened in 1932 and spans a length of over 1 kilometre. It is a steel structure that consists of 6 million hand driven rivets and a painted surface area that equals approximately 60 sports fields.
Titled "A Beautiful Death", this image depicts an artwork that I created for my Higher School Certificate in Visual Arts. Despite the inevitability of death, I wanted to evoke the illustration of beauty within this notion. Often rooted in negativity, cancer is a disease that is so closely linked with emotions of pain and despair. Rarely do you associate it with any form of joy or beauty. The irony of this paradox therefore became the core of my work alongside Chris O'Brien who committed his life to the treatment of cancer. Ironically, O'Brien fell victim to this disease however, even to his death he radiated with a joyous disposition and hence, a 'beautiful' death. Joy in death and beauty in disease, the positivity of these paradox's results in the illumination of the fact that there is always hope, even within death.