The word iridescent means “showing luminous colours that seem to change when seen from different angles” - it is his unique view of the movement and colour under the water. Julian was inspired to paint after four years diving for pearls in Broome with Paspaley. “It has taken me into a world of unexpected patterns and shapes set free by nature, being under water, its rhythm is my world. While drift diving collecting shells on the lines in Broome I came across the painted crayfish – a beautiful creature that has stayed with me and inspired my art. When I started to paint these works, I didn’t know what to expect, but the design of the cray and its uniqueness, became the idea for the placement of the lines. When you are diving for pearls, the lines are rust and pearl coloured and with pearl shell an underwater cultivated world also grows and reflects light. Painting, for me it has become very therapeutic.” Julian currently works as a marine scientist in Darwin.