About
I am a painter. I love the constraints of the miniature format, and the wild possibilities of giant surfaces. I love to mentor and teach, and when not attending to life admin, I'm also pulled in the direction of woodcut wombats. I really like shirts with budgies on them, I have all of the lightweight bushwalking knick-knacks. I dance and sing very badly to the Bee Gees, and laugh a lot with my new-pup-Pencil near the seaside in regional Queensland.
I have always been drawn to wild places — to nature’s quiet, sheltered spaces and its exposed and challenging landscapes.
My art practice is an ongoing navigation of the connection to particular habitats I visit and their site-specific stories. The push and pull back in the studio is a means to translate my plein air recordings into dreamlike, utopian compositions in oils and watercolours.
These wild place stories — the miraculous, the beautiful, the dire — are painted through the romantic lens that is my memory of place. Recent works have documented Tasmanian alpine excursions, a residency in Western Australian spring splendour, and my growing front garden.
My works on canvas and paper include drawing, painting and printmaking. I have exhibited professionally since 1999 in commercial and public galleries and my pieces are currently found at CA Gallery, Coolum.
Individual Exhibitions
| 2021 | Landscapes in Isolation, Red Hill Gallery |
| 2020 | Watercolours, Red Hill Gallery |
| 2019 | The Casuarinas – Painted Habitats, Red Hill Gallery |
| 2018 | Saturday Morning Fever, Red Hill Gallery |
| 2017 | Calling Home, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery |
| 2016 | New Mexico Landscapes, Red Hill Gallery |
| 2015 | Grass Trees New Ground, Red Hill Gallery |
| 2013 | Closer to Home, Red Hill Gallery |
| 2013 | Ten Green Bottles, Mt Perry Gallery |
| 2012 | The Spotted Gum – Bundanon to Bundaberg, Doggett St Studio |
| 2009 | Reeds and Other Friends, Doggett St Studio |
| 2006 | 10 days, 10 nights in Purnululu, Framed Gallery, Darwin |
| 2004 | Behind the Beach, Doggett St Studio |
| 2003 | As Fragile as Granite, Doggett St Studio |
Curatorial Project
2020 | FOUND! Studio Dog | Exhibition & Art Trail Bundaberg & Beyond. Concept, curation and implementation of a Covid-safe community arts project for professional and emerging artists across SE Queensland. 75 artists, 55 businesses, the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, and 9 satellite venues were engaged to activate the project across September and October 2020. |
Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | Sojourn, CA Gallery Coolum |
| 2020 | Here and Now, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery |
| 2020 | Decadence, Queensland Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition |
| 2019 | Land, Childers Arts Space |
| 2017 | Iconic Queensland, Queensland Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition |
| 2016 | The Road to Somewhere, Gatakers Art Space |
| 2015 | Wide Bay High Desert II, Unsettled Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico USA and Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery |
| 2014 | From the Collection, Childers Art Space |
| 2013 | Wide Bay High Desert, Unsettled Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico USA and Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery |
| 2013 | Impressed, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Gatakers Artspace |
| 2013 | Sketchbook, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery |
| 2012 | Landscapes, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery |
| 2004 | Contemporary Landscapes, Cooloola Regional Gallery |
| 1999 | Unencumbered, Fox Gallery, Brisbane |
Upcoming
| 2023 | Embedded, group exhibition opens 28 April at Gympie Regional Gallery |
| 2023 | 25th Anniversary Group Exhibition opens 15 May at CA Gallery, Coolum |
Education
| 1982 – 1984 | Queensland College of Art |
Artist in Residence
| 2022 | Artist in Residence, Fremantle Art Centre. A joint residency with artists Julie Hylands and Jenny Gilbertson |
| 2015 | Artist in Residence, Las Cruces, New Mexico USA |
| 2006 | Bundanon Artist in Residence Program, NSW |
Artist Talks
| 2020 | FOUND Artist Talk, Side Gallery |
| 2020 | FOUND Artist Talks, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery |
| 2016 | USA Residency Q&A, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery |
| 2015 | Artist Talk, New Mexico State University |
Art Prizes
| 2021 | Bundaberg Art Prize HC Works on Paper |
| 2017 | Bundaberg Arts Festival Best Practice Software Award |
| 2016 | Martin Hanson Awards - John Anderson Acquisitive Prize |
Public Collections
| Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Queensland |
| Teachers Union, Legal Aid Commission Darwin |
Memberships
| NAVA Professional Member |
| Flying Arts |