Most of us live within a moment of the Australian bush and as a culture we are learning to embrace and love the distinct earthiness, subtle hues, chaotic rhythms, ravaging bushfires and drought-breaking rains. We congregate around its edges and melt into its wild. We breathe in the majestic landscapes and immerse ourselves in its fierceness and beauty.
I am interested in the idea of romantic notions attached to the Australian bush and I am attempting to explore these elements using boundaries between abstraction and realism, emotion and perception through my engagement with this beautiful land.
My work is mostly place based, and my practice is concerned with the recording and interpretation of natural habitat that has been preserved or protected as part of land conservation and National Park World Heritage. Also I am interested in exploring local bushland that is under threat of development; this can be a local community bush reserve or simply a block of land that has significant native species or old growth trees that are in danger of being rezoned or under threat of human induced changes. I am always searching for new landscapes, and new influences for my paintings and I use these ideas as a backdrop for my work.”
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
28 + Solo exhibition in Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
22 + Group exhibition is Australia and internationally
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2021 Finalist Lethbridge Art Prize Brisbane QLD
2021 Highly Commended Lethbridge Art Prize Brisbane QLD
2021 Finalist Milburn Art Prize Brisbane QLD
2020 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize Stanthorpe QLD
2020 Finalist John Leslie Art Prize Victoria
2019 Finalist Calleen Art Award Cowra NSW
2017 Finalist Calleen Art Award Cowra NSW
2017 Finalist Camberwell Art Prize Camberwell
2017 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular Brisbane (sold)
2016 Winner Pro Hart Outback Art Prize Broken Hill (acquired)
2016 Finalist Waterhouse Art Prize Adelaide (sold)
2016 Highly Commended Waterhouse Art Prize Adelaide
2016 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular Brisbane
2016 Finalist Redland Art Award Brisbane
2016 Winner People’s Choice Redland Art Award Brisbane
2016 Finalist Border Art Prize Gold Coast Region
2016 Finalist John Leslie Art Prize Victoria
2015 Finalist Calleen Art Award (highly commended) Cowra RegionalGallery
2015 Winner People’s Choice Calleen Award Cowra Regional Gallery
2014 Finalist Clayton Utz Art Award Brisbane QLD (sold)
2014 Finalist Norvill Prize for Landscape NSW (sold)
2014 Finalist Redland Art Award Brisbane QLD
2014 Winner People’s Choice Redland Art Award Brisbane QLD
2014 Winner (joint) People’s Choice Mosman Sydney NSW
2014 Finalist Mosman Art Prize Sydney NSW
2014 Winner People’s Choice Calleen Award Cowra Regional Gallery
2014 Finalist Calleen Art Award Cowra NSW
2014 Finalist Moreton Bay Art Prize Brisbane
2014 Finalist Stanthorpe Art Prize Stanthorpe QLD
2014 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular Brisbane
2012 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular Brisbane
2010 Finalist Art for Art’s Sake Brisbane
2009 Finalist Rotary Art Spectacular Brisbane
2009 Finalist Pine Rivers Art Award Brisbane
2007 Finalist Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show Brisbane
2007 Brisbane Grammer School Art Show Brisbane
2007 St Martin’s Art Show; Brisbane
2007 Art for Art Sake Charity Art Show Brisbane
2006 Doggett St Christmas Exhibition Brisbane
2006 Abused Child Trust Annual Art Show Brisbane
2006 Finalist Redland Arts Award Brisbane
2006 Finalist Regional Arts Award Brisbane
2006 First Prize – Gloria Beletz Drawing Brisbane
2006 Highly Commended Nudgee Art Show Brisbane
2005 Finalist Regional Arts Award Brisbane
2005 Courier Mail Home Show Brisbane
2004 Courier Mail Home Show Brisbane
1991 First Prize; King of Prussia Drawing Award USA
1985 First Prize Drawing Award Perc Tucker Gallery Townsville
1992 First Prize Delaware County Painting Award USA
PUBLIC / CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Parliament House of Australia Canberra
Mater Private Hospital Redlands Brisbane
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Broken Hill
Mater Childrens Hospital Springfield
Peppers Soul Apartment Towers Gold Coast
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