Tiarna Herczeg

Says Tiarna Herczeg of this work, "Painting, looking at the ocean in Hervey Bay. The black is where I stand, the blue is the ocean, the orange and white are the sand. I stood there looking out at the water; it's still. There are little waves in Hervey Bay because Kgari blocks the waves, essentially creating an embayment. But the moon pulls the tide out and as it does you see the history under the water. The markings of the day left in the sand. I wonder how much the water holds the history or lets it go and where I fit into that, too."

"The unknown within my work exists in the things I cannot fully explain. There are experiences that resist language. Dreams, feelings, encounters, and moments of recognition that remain difficult to communicate to others. Painting allows me to sit with those experiences without needing to resolve them.

"My paintings are not figurative, abstract, or portraiture in any fixed sense. They operate somewhere between these categories. They are not illustrations of memories or beliefs – they are evidence. Proof to myself that what I experience emotionally, spiritually, and intuitively is real, tangible, and alive."