High Tea

High Tea

Original Oil Painting

91cm x 91cm

White Wooden Float Frame

This painting is part of an ongoing theme of mine, 'Sky Travellers'. Through these works, I strive to create a sense of great ease within abnormal circumstances. Like that 'fish out of water' sense but a mastering of this scenario and bringing to it a deep sense of inner strength and lightness of being.

In High Tea, I wanted to capture a moment suspended between whimsy and wonder, where reality and fantasy intertwine. The composition plays with weightlessness—an ethereal woman floats amidst the clouds, her hair reaching skyward as if caught in an unseen current. She holds a delicate teacup, a symbol of tradition and refinement, yet hummingbirds—symbols of joy and lightness—steal golden ribbons that once tethered kites to the ground.

This piece explores the tension between control and surrender, the ritual of tea juxtaposed against the unpredictable flight of the birds. It asks: How much of life do we attempt to hold still, and how much must we let go? The dreamlike atmosphere invites the viewer to step into a world where gravity is defied, where the mundane becomes magical, and where the simplest of gestures—lifting a teacup—can transport us into the extraordinary

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etimes, e have to make our own magic!

This piece is super special to me, as I used my own hair as a paint brush for the super fine whispy hairs on the young woman featured in the painting.