Passing Thoughts

Abbie's paintings are highly intuitive and always come from the heart. Painting mostly with her hands and non-traditional tools like brooms and brushes taped to long sticks, Abbie uses raw canvases with acrylic paint to create dreamlike immersive scenes. She often builds the painting on loose canvas and stretches it herself closer to completion, allowing her to create fresh and unexpected compositions.  
 
Abbie's role as a mother to a child with OCD and complex anxiety has been a journey fraught with emotions, which she channels into her art. Her paintings are also driven by her own mental health challenges following the loss of her parents. Abbie's paintings have become a form of meditation, creating calm in an otherwise chaotic world. 

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‘Passing Thoughts’ was painted live in concert with the Riverbend String Ensemble, in direct response to the music. The program featured all-Australian works, including two newly commissioned pieces by Thomas Green and Alice Rachel Merton. My response to this experience unfolded in layers over the two-hour performance. The painting serves as a reminder to be present in the moment - and no matter what thoughts arise, to acknowledge them and let them pass.