Inky blue, fly with you

Inky blue, fly with you
Acrylic on primed linen canvas, 2025 | 15cm x 10cm

This piece is part of my mini collection, a dive into experimentation of techniques while also showcasing the incredible mini beasts we share our local environment with. They are a reminder to slow down and really relish the small joys we come across daily. 

I like to think this moment happens so often in nature, yet we could rarely appreciate it. We may see bats from ground level and marvel at their swift flight, acrobatics and ability to capture prey in flight, but it would be rare to see a brown long-eared bat flying face on, at eye level, against a smudge of ink blue dusk and stormy clouds. 

It makes me think of all the millions of amazing and beautiful moments nature creates everyday, that go completely unseen by any human. Somehow our egos get mixed in sometimes and things/nature/moments only have value if we can see the beauty or capture it. However, there's a wonderful theatre of nature from the tiny to the large, every second, and it all holds value, whether it is witnessed or not. 

This piece could be a reminder of all the beautiful moments we can witness by observing the world around us. I really hope this moment is recreated often in a the wild, despite probably only being shared with other bats.