100x100cm, framed in Raw Tasmanian Oak

A colourful, imagined landscape inspired by early mornings, ocean glimpses and the quiet ritual of taking a walk with a newborn. Playful botanical forms, unexpected shapes and a warm, sun-filled palette create a landscape that feels somewhere between the familiar and the fantastical.

This was the first painting I made after becoming a mum. It was originally created for my daughter's bedroom and, at the time, I had no intention of selling my paintings.

In those early months, when she was waking very early, I would put her in the pram and walk her up the hill near our home. From the top, we could catch glimpses of the ocean. Looking out at the water became a small way of feeling calm and grounded before the day began.

The view in the painting isn't a particular place. Instead, it is my own colourful interpretation of that feeling. I particularly loved inventing the plants — stretching and reshaping them into forms that don't quite exist in nature, with some looking almost as though they belong beneath the sea.