Jodie Gear is a professional artist working from Boon Wurrung Country – Mornington Peninsula. Jodie’s work is inspired heavily by her surrounds: the ocean, the sun, nature and the openness of her coastal life. She brings fluidity and movement through the ocean-like textures and layers of each piece. With an interest in how colour impacts and improves mood, Jodie creates with the goal to bring calmness or energy to a room where her art hangs. Predominantly working with acrylics on canvas, Jodie creates Original artwork and limited edition prints. No two of her paintings are the same. She also loves working with collectors to create original artwork that is unique to them and their space.
Painting and the Ocean are intrinsically linked for me. It is about freedom and achieving a flow state. Its a lasting sense of happiness and contentment. My favourite memory as a child was floating on my back in the ocean.
My body weightless, the sound and feel of the waves and the sun on my face was my first experience of being in a flow state. I experience this every time I paint.
Like the ocean, painting meditates me. The movement and flow of the paint creates a healing sense of place and calmness. This is reflected in my work and the feeling it creates for my collectors.
