I describe myself as a contemporary visual artist.

I am continually inspired by the human form and am particularly interested in flow and rhythm, light and shadow.  Many of my works have abstract bodies or body parts in varying forms of detail embedded in the landscape. In many, the form all but disappears or are so submerged that only suggestions remain, damaged, aged and deconstructed.

In applying porcelain thin layers of oil with the translucency of a watercolour side by side with assertive daubs of thick paint, I seek to create a tension between high and low points, dark and light spaces with which I aim to draw a viewer into the work. I experiment endlessly with paint, pigment and mediums and sometimes bravely flout the rules, in order to create the impression of age and decay that I seek. I am not interested in producing beautiful paintings but look to challenge and create a feeling of otherness.

I am inspired and influenced by artists including Hughie O’donoghue, Anthony Gormley and Cornelia Parker.

Career Synopsis

• 1999: Elsternwick Art School - Portrait Drawing
• 2003: Healesville Living & Learning Centre - Painting under Lesley Dickman
• 2004: Healesville Living & Learning Centre - Certificate in Art Studies
• 2005-2007: Painting & Drawing Master Class under Richard Granville-Smith
• Current: Master Class with Leslie Dickman
• Current: Curtin University OAL – Bachelor of Arts (Art)

Solo Exhibitions

• 2004 Outlook Hill Winery & Restaurant
• 2004 Oakridge Winery Gallery
• 2005 Banyan Gallery
• 2005 Yering Station Winery Gallery
• 2006 Cru Restaurant and Gallery
• 2007 Sticks Winery
• 2007 Tony Simbert Gallery
• 2008 Pigment Gallery
• 2009 Brunswick Street Gallery
• 2009 Art Sydney (BSG)
• 2009 City of Casey Civic Centre Arts Space
• 2010 Cambridge Studio Gallery
• 2010 Brunswick Street Gallery
• 2010 Art Melbourne
• 2010 Brunswick Street Gallery

Group Exhibitions

• 2004 Upper Yarra Valley Art Gallery
• 2004 Artholes Gallery, Abbotsford
• 2005 The Loft at Rochford - Masterclass exhibition
• 2005 Banyan Gallery
• 2007 Monsalvat - 28 artists exhibition
• 2009 Steps Gallery, Carlton

Awards

• Winner 1st and 2nd prizes in the inaugural Banyan Gallery People’s Choice award.
• Yarra Glen Art Show - March 2005 - Awarded Best Depiction of the Yarra Valley
• Finalist in the Brunswick Street Gallery Art Prize 2010 for 'Gently Does It' (from Time, Space and Concealment 2010)