About
I take regular field trips sketching Plein Aire or photographing, and then develop these references into paintings in the studio. I paint in oils, mixed medium and watercolours where I often take a departure from the literal resulting in my work ranging from traditional to conceptual. My objective is to leave enough interprative space in my work to evoke a curiousity in the viewer .
Over the years of my practice my work has evolved. With its beginnings in the depiction of the quaint and traditional it has now developed into something that has a personal or political meaning.
For instance when I am inspired by the landscape and humankinds negative impact upon it, I highlight the natural landscape in juxtaposition with the altered landscape and aim for my work to be a catalyst for a dialogue about the environment.
When I am inspired by memory I use techniques and materials that evoke a sense of fragility.
When I am inspired by an emotion I explore that emotion through colour, texture and the materiality of paint, textiles or mixed mediums.
- 2016 – Namoi Cotton Australia Acquisition Prize, Apsects Art Prize Goondiwindi
- 2016 – 'Something Special' - Solo Exhibition Old Courthouse Wollongong
- 2016 – 'Carved Landscapes',- Solo exhibition, BCA Honours exhibition TAEM Gallery UOW
- 2015 – Internship Bundanon Trust
- 2015 – Albion Park Show Grand Champion, First prize in Open landscape, Open Portraint and Open Acrylic
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Featured Works
Awaken, Oil on Canvas, 100cm x 80cm
Plastic Landscapes I Oil on canvas 76 cm x 76cm
Carved Landscapes, Cobar mine, Installation, Mixed medium, 240cm x 300cm
Carved Landscapes, Fitroy Falls, Mixed medium.240cm x 300cm
Rise III, Mixed medium, 100cm x 120cm
Untitled, Mixed medium, 140cmx 100cm
