Description
from the Sole Witness Collection
In this work, a solitary witness stands quietly before the Glass House Mountains of Queensland, ancient sentinels not far from where I live. These mountains, once powerful volcanoes millions of years ago, now rest as silent guardians of the land, holding the memory of deep time.
The woman is not separate from the landscape. She belongs to it. Her gown appears almost rooted into the earth and rock beneath her feet, symbolising the flow of life and the enduring strength of the land itself. Just as we come from the earth, we eventually return to it.
Her hair dissolves gently into the sky, becoming translucent as if it were spirit or higher self, suggesting the connection between earth and the unseen realms above. Beneath her feet lies the Flower of Life, a sacred geometric symbol that speaks of the universal patterns that weave all life together.
As she gazes across the mountains and the vast landscape beyond, she becomes the quiet witness to their stillness. These ancient formations remind us of the fleeting nature of human life compared with the immense age of the earth.
In this moment, she stands not in dominance over the land, but in reverence with it, breathing alongside the mountains that have endured long before us and will remain long after we are gone.
