Paintings Gallery
Rainforest Series

FOREST OF TRANQUILITY.
Joan’s mixed media offering is
constructed from timber panels and three dimensional leather leaves, mounted on
canvas. These innovations bring new dimensions and greater excitement to these
latest creations.
The paintings were inspired by
Queensland’s tropical rainforests near Mackay where Joan recently spent some
time in the Eungella National Park
The promise of enrichment and
excitement almost miraculously springing from the decay within the rainforest;
the burgeoning regeneration of new life, structure and meaning springing from
the breakdown of life itself, touched a powerful spiritual chord in Joan. These
factors have been expanded to form these vital new paintings.
Impressions of forest floor and
flashes of brilliant colour interspersed with light filtering through shadows
are used to remind us of our own inner journeys, the times of shadows, light and
regeneration within our own lives.