#52 We all need to find our "SAFE"
"It's not about the darkness. It's about what you do to get past it." - Adam Noakes
I made another thing for your wall.
A commentary piece on the distance between a person and the relief they are searching for. Cost-of-living pressures, mental health, relationships, grief - the darkness accumulates in layers. Safe makes that accumulation physical.

The canvas is sprayed repeatedly in black and red - each pass adding weight, obscuring more, the red receding beneath the black until it is almost gone. A hunting knife cuts through the surface, tearing a wound in the canvas. Through it, partially obscured by the torn and curling edges, sits a single word in polycarbonate letters: SAFE.
The viewer does not find safety. They find the word for it. Already there, already legible, already close - held just behind everything in the way.


This work is sold as a unique 1/1 original. A certificate of authenticity (COA) detailing all materials, dates, and edition status accompanies the piece. The work has not been shown publicly prior. Created in June 2026.
Offered by private sale. Serious buyers are welcome to enquire. International shipping available; the work will be professionally packed.
$300 AUD + Shipping
One work available. No reproductions will be made.
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