About me

I have practised art in many areas including painting, ceramics and  illustrations.

I grew up Hobart in Tasmania (Lutruwita). In the last few years I have walked through many of the island’s forests which prompted a  focus on trees. I also began to notice neglected suburban trees in the Western suburbs (Wurrundjeri Woi-wurrung) of Melbourne (Narrm) where I now live, and  have drawn inspiration from them.

In my recent paintings I have painted the sculptural limbs of tall trees using the drama, light and dark (known as chiaroscuro), perspective and glazing more often seen in traditional church paintings. I am suggesting that the sublime as well as life, death and regeneration can be experienced in the forest and, if you look up, along suburban roadsides.

C.V.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 

 1994-1996 Bachelor of Arts, (Fine Art), RMIT Australia (uncompleted: maybe I’ll get back there one day and finish it off)

1990 Bachelor of Arts, The University of Melbourne.

EXHIBITIONS

2025: Urban Forest exhibition at Go Go bar.

2024: February 14-24, Limbs Exhibition at Red Space

2022: Exhibition: Gallery 11

2021: Finalist Glover Prize

2021: Participant in Negative Capability group show. 

2016,  2017 and 2021: Finalist Omnia Art Show, Victoria.

2016 and 2019: Art in the Gardens, Williamstown.

2006 and 2007: Art in Public Spaces, Williamstown, Victoria

PUBLICATIONS:

Illustrations for the Good wood and paper guide. A Friends of the Earth publication.