With 24 carat gold leaf

‘Wild Waters: The Water Gave Us Treasure’ celebrates the overlooked beauty of the shoreline. Inspired by seaweed gathered from the tide line, branching forms sweep across the canvas like underwater currents, roots, or veins of gold carried by the sea.

Rich in texture and layered with 24ct gold leaf, the work asks what treasure really means. Not jewels or buried riches, but the quiet gifts of the coast: seaweed, movement, light, connection, and the intricate wildness of marine life. Here, ordinary shoreline forms are elevated into something precious.

The piece asks us to reflect on wonder, abundance, and the value of the natural world, inviting us to recognise beauty in the things the sea offers freely.