FROM MY RECENT EAST/WEST EXHIBITION, THIS COMMISSION WORK IS BASED ON MY 2010 PAINTING OF THE WILDFLOWER SEASON IN THE REMOTE INTERIOR OF FAR NORTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WHICH I RETITLED "THOU TERRIFIEST ME THROUGH VISIONS"; SYMBOLIC OF MY CONFUSED MENTAL STATE HAUNTED BY MY ANCESTRAL WHITE & ABORIGINAL DNA IN CONFLICT.

AS THIS WORK WAS TO BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, I REFERRED TO THE ORIGINAL PHOTO I TOOK IN 2009 & DECIDED TO MAKE IT A TRUE LANDSCAPE, FEATURING THE MULGA SWIRLING IN THE BREEZE, WITH CARPETS OF DAISIES FADING INTO THE DISTANCE.

ONCE I START DOTTING OVER THE COLOURS IN THE BACKGROUND, I NEVER KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE. I WAS AMAZED BY THE SOFT FEMININE PASTEL EFFECTS IN THE FINISHED WORK - A COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM THE 2010 ORIGINAL.

BECAUSE IT WAS SO DIFFERENT, I WAS QUITE WORRIED THAT RODNEY MIGHT NOT LIKE IT, BUT HE & HIS WIFE DONNA LOVED IT. OF ALL THE PAINTINGS IN THE EXHIBITION, THIS WAS BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR.