original painting ‘rise of the falling star’ 122 x 122cm

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This is an original painting by me ☺️ It’s 122 x 122cm It’s titled ‘rise of the falling star’ Rise of the Falling Star came from a stressful period of time for us, where I felt like we needed a bit of sparkle and joy again. The painting reflects the mix of heaviness and hope that can exist at the same time, holding onto light, warmth, and small moments of brightness even through difficult seasons. Rather than fading out, the falling star rises again &. This piece is acrylic and oil pastel on stretched primed cotton and is varnished in a light satin sheen! It is unframed and has clean painted edges that merge with the painting! My name's Jessie. I'm a hairdresser, self taught artist, mother of two boys, and an on and off psychology student based in Auckland. Life in our household is full, busy, and often chaotic in the best possible way. Much of our time is spent chasing around after my teenage son and supporting his rugby league dreams, while also navigating the journey that comes with my younger son's ADHD diagnosis. Like many families, we're constantly balancing the demands, emotions, challenges, and small wins that come with everyday life. My art is deeply driven by emotion and feeling. Most of the time I don't plan what I'm creating, I simply pick up the brush and begin laying my joys, frustrations, thoughts, and energy onto the canvas. The physical process itself becomes part of the expression, the scrubbing, sweeping, and layering of paint gives me a strong sense of sensory satisfaction and release. Through abstract movement, texture, and instinctive mark making, my work explores emotion in its rawest form, the chaos, calm, tension, and relief that can exist all at once beneath the surface of everyday life. As an artist, I'm still finding my sense of style along the way. I'm naturally impulsive and can change my mind like the weather, which often means my work shifts and evolves from piece to piece. Rather than forcing myself into one fixed style, I allow myself the freedom to create instinctively and honestly, trusting that my voice as an artist is developing naturally through the process.