Chin Up

Inspired by the Black Saturday bushfires that occurred in February 2009 where 39 people died in central Victoria. The event put the whole state in shock. Not many people said anything but await the next news report of what they found amongst the remains.

As a contrast, this piece has the ashes as a background, the bumps in the texture paste feel uneasy, but are highlighted with metallic paint. The coloured features represent people experiencing emotions in waves from the dark to the light as ups and downs associated with trauma.