Artist Statement
“I paint objects as I think them not as I see them” Pablo Picasso
When I read this quote, I felt an immediate affinity as I too paint intuitively and work from something that comes from deep within. Inspiration often comes from memories of places I’ve usually lived in as this is where I’ve formed the strongest connection with the landscape.
I utilise my emotional responses to the landscape to express myself in an almost abstract way to paint an interpretative view of the subject. Each landscape has its own energy and induces different reactions, for instance my work drawn from living in a remote part of central Queensland, is very different from work evoked by time I spent living on the coast. I currently live in the Gippsland region of Victoria and this landscape evokes its own particular energy and responses. The painting process itself becomes almost meditative and allows me to reflect on past and current experiences.
The medium I enjoy working with the most is mixed media, combining acrylic and polymer paint with inks, shellac, conte crayon, oil sticks and charcoal to present work with the depth of layering that I find in the landscapes themselves.
CV
| Solo Exhibitions |
2017 2016 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2013 2012 2011 |
'Clarity' - Hawthorn Gallery, Hawthorn Vic 'Transitions' - Hawthorn Gallery, Hawthorn Vic 'Response to a New Land' - Hawthorn Gallery, Hawthorn Vic 'Speaking Visually' - West Gippsland Art Centre, Warragul Vic 'Interpreting a Visual Language' - Gallery 34, Yea Vic 'Speaking Visually' - Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy Vic 'My Visual Language' - Nexus Gallery, Bellingen NSW 'My Visual Language' - MVCAG, Gladstone NSW 'The Way I See It' - MVCAG, Gladstone ‘Gondwana Land Interpreted' - Nexus Gallery, Bellingen NSW |
| Group Exhibitions |
2017 2017 2017 2014 2014 2014 2014 2012 2011 2011 2010 2010 |
'Veritable Vistas'– Hawthorn Gallery – Hawthorn Gallery, Hawthorn Vic ‘Imagine’ – Hawthorn Gallery – Hawthorn Gallery, Hawthorn Vic Group Exhibition – Serigraph Gallery, Neerim South Vic Small Works – Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy Vic ‘Diseased: The Affects and the Affected’ - Brunswick Street Gallery By Invitation Only – Yarragon Arts Hub, Yarragon Vic ‘Northern Exposure III’ - Glasshouse Regional Gallery - Port Macquarie ‘Northern Exposure II’ – Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie NSW ‘Colourful Palettes’ – MVCAG, Gladstone NSW ‘Life in the Landscape’ – MVCAG, Gladstone NSW ‘Northern Exposure I’ - Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie NSW ‘Life on the Edge Exhibition –2010 Glasshouse Regional Gallery - Port Macquarie |
| Awards |
2012 2012 2010 2010 2009 2008 |
First Prize - Contemporary Section – HVFAA First Prize - Mid North Coast Art Prize First Prize - Contemporary Section - HVFAA First Prize - Open Section - Taree Open Art Exhibition First Prize - Contemporary Section - HVFAA First Prize - Contemporary Section - HVFAA |
| Achievements |
2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 |
Demonstration - Sherbrooke Art Society Tutor – Camp Creative Tutor workshops as part of Neerim Bower Project, Small Towns Transformation Tutor – Camp Creative Artwork used on the cover brochure for Camp Creative 2014 Commissioned to provide painting for the Inaugural Tutors Acquisitive Works for Camp Creative Tutor – Camp Creative Presentation to Graduating Diploma Students, Kempsey TAFE |
| Education |
Diploma of Fine Arts – Kempsey TAFE Business Management – Kingaroy TAFE |
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| Membership |
Open Studios – West Gippsland National Association for Visual Artists (NAVA) Friends of the Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie |