UPDATE: Delighted to announce that this piece sold for $6000 at the auction with 100% of the funds donated to the shelter!Thank you and congratulations to the new owner, event organisers, and community at large for your support.
............
This piece is for Auction! Save the date 3 May 2025. I am donating all funds to the Northern Beaches Women's Shelter for their annual Gala Ball auction. 
This piece has been selected as one of the five items to be auctioned in the live auction held at the Gala this evening at Manly Pacific.
Alternatively, you will find more information and updates at the Northern Beaches Womens Shelter Facebook page.
 
In the lead up to the auction, you can view this piece in person at the Artifex Interiors showroom in Balgowlah, Sydney.
 
I am required to place a value on this piece, so that is why a price is listed, but as stated, this work will be for auction!
....................
Sun splashed bodies clamour onto the exposed rockery of the ocean pool.
 
Here, you will find a sense of adventure and belonging, of excitement and calm, of being in the present and nostalgia.
 
This soft palette envelops you in an understanding of the quintessential Australian summer.
 
The artist's impression of the natural environment is captured in emotive markings representing the world not as it is but as it is felt.
 
This is juxtaposed by the finer detail of the figures who inhabit this space, a signature of Esplin’s style.
 
Acrylic on canvas
1000mmx1000mm
Framed in Flooded Gum
 
You can read more about the Auction here.