My Reflection Asks For A Break

Lani is a Brisbane-based artist and registered art therapist who follows curiosity wherever it wanders. Her work lives in the space between daydream and detail - where playful marks, repeating archetypal characters, and quiet whimsical humour coexist. Guided more by intuition than instruction, Lani treats the creative process like a conversation: sometimes thoughtful, sometimes mischievous, always sincere and honest. Working with coloured pencils and biro, Lani explores ideas around faith, identity, meaning-making, mental health, morality, and observations of daily life. She invites viewers to slow down, look twice, and find their own small moments of wonder tucked between the mundane.

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This drawing deals with ego and self-importance; with success comes the temptation to navel gaze. I drew my own reflection having enough of me and needing a break. The clocks give a clue: one is keeping time (the time I finished the artwork) and the other is fragmented; it's past, it no longer makes sense. The prison stripes indicate that I am chained to reflecting, but my past self is in white - she's free from ego, free from my temptations.