"And He Told His Sorrows To The Waratah" is another reflective portrait of pensiveness. My inspiration for this artwork came from the incredible things that I've recently learnt about how plants, trees and fungi communicate and aid each other. As well as the black lives movements, that have been ignited throughout the world, but in particular relating to Australia. Many Australians continue to oppress the atrocities that have been experienced and are still being experienced by Indigenous people in Australia. The Waratah is a beautiful, Australian native plant. In this artwork the Waratah becomes a sentient being who listens and bears the heavy weight of sorrows that the slumped man carries with him.

This artwork is part of a series called 'Quirky tales' which explores surreal scenarios between animals and other creatures that inhabit the earth. Sometimes it's flora, sometimes bugs, sometimes feathered or fury creatures or the mysterious beings that live under the sea.

Each artwork starts up as an idea in my brain, inspired by a wide variety of stimuli. I'm often triggered by words and sentences from poems, books or everyday conversations. Sometimes the ideas come to me in my sleep or visions when I meditate. And many ideas evolve from visual material that I collect.

The artwork was drawn on an iPad using Procreate and an Apple Pencil. What starts its life as a digital drawing, often evolves into other art forms including: oil paintings, Lino or etched prints and sometimes animations to be sold as an NFT/Crypto art.

LIMITED EDITION: Only 9 prints available

SIZE: 40 x 40cm

Please note, if you require a custom size please get in touch. 30x30cm & 50x50cm also available upon request.

FRAMING: This print is unframed.

PAPER: Printed on Canson 310 gsm which is a fine art, museum grade archival paper.