Reflecting my ongoing inquiry into home, belonging, and the fragile nature of place. Set against the backdrop of Byron Bay Australia —where postcard-perfect imagery coexists with real and growing homelessness—the work focuses on the quiet, often unseen lives of those sleeping rough.
It arose from direct, lived observation in my local environment, where the contrast between comfort and exclusion is stark. Byron’s beauty can mask the presence of deep social inequity; This painting aims to hold that tension—to make visible what is so often erased. Embedded in this is also my own unease—an amplified awareness of housing instability and how precarious the idea of ‘home’ can become, even for those who appear to be safely within it.
