Permission to push past the invisible fences

There is something quietly unsettling about this Hypno bat piece, where the soft pastel wallpaper feels harmless at first glance until your eyes begin to adjust and the pattern stops behaving, revealing a hidden presence woven through the rhythm of vampire squid and the alien grace of the dumbo octopus, like the wall itself is watching back and waiting for you to notice. It plays with that old human instinct to find faces in chaos, except this time the illusion is not imagined, it is embedded, a deliberate signal hiding in plain sight that rewards stillness over scrolling and reminds you that attention is a kind of currency most people have already spent.

I keep thinking about my high school design teacher when I make work like this, a man who refused the uniform of authority and turned up dressed like a punk while the rest played it safe, giving us permission to push past the invisible fences most people never question, and it is not hard to trace a straight line from that classroom to this piece where rules are bent, patterns misbehave, and the strange is not only allowed but expected.

This is the only Hypno Bat print of its kind in a larger ongoing series of original prints. Born from optical illusion, pure chaos, and years of obsessive linework, this piece doesn’t decorate a wall — it takes it over. It’s a visual glitch in the system, and that’s exactly the point.

• Original 1/1 print — no editions, no copies
• Size: 61 cm × 61 cm
• Signed by the artist
• Certificate of authenticity
• Unframed (so you control the vibe)

Buy Hypno Bat – Deep Sea $183AUD