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Hello, welcome to my website. I am a contemporary artist, living in Melbourne, Australia. I am influenced by the art of Van Gogh and the German Expressionists. My artwork uses heightened, arbitrary colour to express my feelings for the subject matter. I also incorporate a strong sense of structure and design in my artworks and use a black or coloured outline, around the subject to contain the emotion lying within. I have a fascination with pattern making and put these elements into most of my paintings including still life and interiors, portraits and the urban landscape. Strong contrasts of light and dark are also a feature of my work. An element of distortion of form and anthropomorphic shapes combine with expressive, fluid line to create a graphic feel in my compositions.
In the Masters of Visual Arts course at Monash University, Gippsland Campus, and following in the footsteps of Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Olley, I painted still life and interiors of my home. This continues to be a major focus of my paintings, drawings and printmaking.
*GALLERY NEWS
It was very pleasing news to be among 67 finalists in the TACIT Still Life Prize 2022. Three paintings from each finalist were selected. Below is one of the selected paintings: ‘Mandarin with bouquet of flowers.’ Acrylic on linen, 62 x 50 cm, price $1,000.00.
The Opening is Friday 9 December from 6.30pm – 8.00pm. The exhibition runs until Christmas Eve, 24 December.
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In May, I was selected as a finalist in the Inaugural Tacit EDITIONS Print Prize. The exhibition was open to the public on Wednesday 11 May 2022 and the Opening and announcement of prize winners was on Friday 13 May from 6.30pm – 8.00pm. Here is one of the three print works selected.
‘The green tea cosy.’ Reduction lino cut with hand colouring. 78.5 x 73.5 cm framed.
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I am very happy to be among the 71 finalists in the Inaugural Tacit Still Life Prize to be held 1 December – 18 December 2021. Three paintings were chosen including this one below:
‘Arvo Tea 10 – Apple, cinnamon and raisin cake with red geraniums.’ Acrylic on linen, 60.5 x 76 cm.
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It was a great privilege to be selected as a finalist for The John Leslie Art Prize 2020 to be held at the Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale later this year. Here is the landscape work ‘Harvest in the Valley’ , mixed media on paper, 56 x 76 cm.
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I was very thrilled to have been selected as a finalist for The Lester Prize for Portraiture 2019 held at the Art Gallery of Western Australia with my painting: ‘Woman with red wattle bird.’ Self-portrait. See below.
‘Woman with red wattle bird.’ Self-portrait.
Acrylic on canvas. 104 x 97 cm
The Opening was Friday 8 November 2019.
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I received the exciting news that I was accepted as a finalist for the STILL National Still Life Award 2019 at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery with my painting ‘The new iron.’
See below.
‘The new iron.’ Acrylic on canvas. 50 x 40 cm
The Opening was Saturday 21 September, 2019.
