De La Salle Catholic College, Cronulla
High Vis
Painting
Oil on canvas
The Rural Fire Service is important to me personally as I live in Jannali which has a history of bushfire emergencies. Inspired by an article about female firefighters in the Australian Women’s Weekly in January 2020, my body of work pays homage to these women’s courage and selflessness. The title of my work, High Vis, refers to women firefighters stepping up from unseen auxiliary roles to the front lines. I used a coarse milled titanium white to create bulk and texture, applied thick layers of oil paint over an acrylic underpainting and then experimented using spatulas, palette knives and brushes.