Original Art Work – Breathing, Dancing Jacaranda

$3,550.00

Brisbane Rotary Art Show Finalist – 2026

This piece is available to purchase through the Brisbane Rotary Art Show.

You’re warmly invited to view this piece in person.

The Exhibition is open from Monday 20 – Friday 31 July 2026 at Central Plaza 1 foyer, in the heart of Brisbane city.

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This art piece is created using photographic, in-camera techniques, light and movement. It is hoped that it brings a sense of calm and contentment, offering respite from the busyness and stresses of daily life. Creating calming spaces and a gentle invitation to slow down, reflect, and just be in the moment appreciating the beauty within and around us. An original photograph on archival, professional quality canvas 80cm x 80cm stretched and framed with an Oak box frame, ready to hang.

 

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Original Art Work – Breathing, Dancing Jacaranda

Breathing – Dancing Jacaranda

Every spring, the jacaranda announces its arrival in a spectacular wash of violet-blue. Across Brisbane, its blossoms have become a quiet marker of the season…an unmistakable reminder to students that exams are drawing near and it’s time to begin preparing. For many, those blooms also bring feelings of anticipation, pressure, and uncertainty.

‘Breathing’ offers a different perspective.

Created through intentional camera movement, this single jacaranda blossom appears to dance gently across a tranquil blue background. Its soft movement invites a pause…a reminder that before we rush forward, we can always return to our breath. This artwork is about finding calm in moments that feel overwhelming. Whether standing on the edge of exams, navigating change, or simply moving through the demands of everyday life, breathing deeply creates space for clarity, resilience, and quiet confidence.

May this piece be a gentle invitation to slow down, inhale deeply, and remember that even in seasons of expectation, there is beauty in moving with grace rather than urgency.

An original photograph on archival, professional quality canvas 79cm x 79cm stretched and framed with an Oak box frame, ready to hang.

This art work is certified as being recorded in the National Registry of Australian Art and Artists National RegistrationNRN # :000-46285-0139-01

 

Growing up in Australia, the jacaranda has always signalled the arrival of exam season. As students hurried beneath its blossoms, I often thought how ironic it was that such a breathtaking tree appeared during one of life’s most stressful times. Creating Breathing was my way of reimagining that moment…not as a reminder to panic, but as a reminder to pause. Sometimes the most important preparation begins with a single deep breath.