once upon a time in mexico
Australian oil painter
Melbourne → Mexico City
Where memory reshapes the image
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico - SZN 001
Contemporary oil paintings exploring memory & emotional distortion.
A body of work told through large-scale paintings and small collectible fragments.
SZN 001 begins with Pulque -
drawn from my experience in Mexico, where memory & emotions reshapes what actually happened.
About
I’m an Australian painter working in oil, shaped by time spent in Mexico. The work isn’t about documenting reality — it’s about how memory distorts it. Moments, places, and people shift over time, and the paintings follow that change.