born 1964
moved to Tasmania 2015
lives and works Hobart
 
Artist Statement

Originally from Melbourne, I have recently moved to Tasmania where I live with my partner and our 9 year old son.  I am currently working as an artist as part of the Artists in Residence programme at the Salamanca Arts Centre in Hobart, Tasmania. I work in oils on canvas and linen.

Through the making of art, my own personal relationship with the world is explored. I consider the ways in which people interact with the environment and more specifically the domestic and the wild. The magic of nature offers both lyrical beauty and unpredictable powerful force.  In an attempt to feel secure and comfortable we surround ourselves with trinkets and artefacts that offer a sense of security and familiarity.   Yet at the same time we experience a pull towards the wild and dangerous.  As an artist, this pull between the wild and domestic challenges and provokes me.   The environment is an intrinsic part of our lives, it sustains us at a very basic level and I often find myself asking, at what point are we prepared to forego nature for our domestic comforts.  In all my paintings I like to include a backdrop of nature, as a reminder of the wild places from which all things come and into which I love to go.

 

Education

2010-12 Diploma Fine Arts, TAFE, Lismore
2008 Certificate III in Education (special needs), ACE, Lismore, NSW
2005 Certificate II Visual Arts, TAFE, Lismore
2003 Certificate I Visual Arts, TAFE, Lismore
1994 Bachelor of Arts, Hons, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD
1990-3 Bachelor of Arts,  James Cook University, Townsville, QLD
 

Acquisitions And Prizes

Finalist Bruny Island Art Prize
Winner of the TAFE Student Association Acquisitive Prize (Painting), Lismore, NSW 
Winner Jiggi Art Prize (Painting), Lismore, NSW
Jenny Dowell, Lord Mayor, Lismore, NSW
 
 

Exhibitions

2015 From Which the Table is Laid, Studio Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
Held Aloft, Studio Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
Annual Artists Show, Coville Gallery, Hobart
2014 Uplift, Top Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
Traversing the Land, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
Autumn Arts Extravaganza, Nimbin School of Arts, Nimbin, NSW.
The Journey, Group exhibition, Blue Knob Gallery, Blue Knob, NSW
2013 An Unexpected Embrace, The Channon Gallery, The Channon, NSW.
Spring Arts Exhibition, Nimbin School of Arts, Nimbin, NSW.
Group exhibition Blue Knob Gallery, Blue Knob, NSW.
Group exhibition Blue Knob Gallery, Blue Knob, NSW
2012 Autumn Arts Exhibition, Nimbin School of Arts, Nimbin, NSW.
Tandem10, A selection of 10 students from Tafe and Southern Cross University, Space Gallery, Lismore
Open House, Blue Knob Gallery, Blue Knob, NSW.
Into the Garden, Blue Knob Gallery, Blue Knob, NSW
Autumn Arts Extravaganza,Nimbin School of Arts, Nimbin, NSW
2011 Memories of Childhood, Blue Knob Gallery, Blue Knob, NSW.
B is for Bird, Church Street Lane, Bellingen, NSW
2010 The Ochre Palette, Armistead’s Gallery, Lismore, NSW