Fallow is a body of work that began in Taiwan during an unexpected pause in my life. Caught in the long shadow of COVID, I found myself "stuck"—unable to return to Australia, separated from family, friends, and the familiar rhythms of home. What followed was a fallow creative period: unmoored and suspended.

Time became both a presence and a pressure—something to endure, to mark, to lose track of. Days slipped into weeks, weeks into months, months into years. It was not until 2022 that I was finally able to return to Australia and reconnect with the people and places I had longed for. That year, I spent a month in quarantine, on both sides of the ocean.

The theme of time runs through all the works in Fallow—from the deep time held in the body of a mountain to the fleeting moment of a falling leaf. It is about waiting, stillness, and the quiet growth that happens when nothing seems to be happening at all.