{"id":61,"date":"2026-06-03T05:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:44:53","slug":"my-boots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"My Boots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33\" src=\"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tom-2021-627x1024.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tom-2021-627x1024.avif 627w, https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tom-2021-184x300.avif 184w, https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tom-2021.avif 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;My Boots&#8217;<br>2021<br>Acrylic on Recycled Timber<br>600mm x 900mm<br><br>My Boots is a portrait of a well-worn pair of RM Williams boots that Tervo wore through a significant chapter of his life. Known in his last workplace as \u201cThe Stink Boots\u201d, they carried the marks of long days in the car industry, as well as the personal history that accumulated around them. He worked in them, drank in them, and, at times, even slept in and on them. For Tervo, they became more than a practical object. They became a symbol of labour, routine, identity and a distinctly Australian kind of durability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The painting sits within his \u2018Straya series, which explores familiar symbols of Australian life through a personal lens. In this work, the RM Williams boots stand in for both cultural iconography and lived experience. They speak to a period shaped by hard work, repetition and resilience, while also carrying the texture of memory and humour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The native flowers growing through the composition represent the good times attached to that period, as well as personal growth and change. As Tervo moved toward making a full-time career in art, the work became a reflection on where he had come from and what he hoped to build next. It is a deeply personal piece, grounded in affection, effort and the kind of Australian symbolism that feels lived rather than borrowed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;My Boots&#8217;2021Acrylic on Recycled Timber600mm x 900mm My Boots is a portrait of a well-worn pair of RM Williams boots that Tervo wore through a significant chapter of his life. Known in his last workplace as \u201cThe Stink Boots\u201d, they carried the marks of long days in the car industry, as well as the personal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62,"href":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamtervo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}