I am a Sydney based artist painter and I work mainly with acrylic on board of various sizes.
I like to create work from start to finish, cutting my own boards to suit and framing them.
My work usually starts on site and is inspired by a variety of landscapes.
I look for what stands out in the natural environment and focus on the natural shapes and colours to create an abstract image.
I often bring into the work a feature from the surrounding area to enhance the composition.
I try to get a feel of the whole place that I have visited rather than a true representation of a specific scene.
Many of my works have a retouch varnish to protect the work and enhance the colours.
I completed an honours degree in visual arts at the National Art School, Sydney and since that time have been developing my professional practice.
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
The Chroma Archival Oils Award (NAS) 2010
The Lennox Street Studio Award (NAS) 2010
Parker’s Material Prize for Painting (NAS) 2011
Waverley Art Prize, 2012 Highly Commended for Works on Paper
Bathurst (Hill End) Residency Program, July – August 2012
Waverley Art Prize, 2013 Winner of the Mayor’s Prize
The Storrier Onslow National Art School Studio Residency in La Cite Internationale Des Arts, Paris, 2014
EXHIBITIONS
Waverley Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, 2002
Cockatoo Island Drawing Week Exhibition, National Art School 2009
Landscape Exhibition, National Art School 2009
Waverley Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, 2009
Cockatoo Island Drawing Week Exhibition, National Art School 2010
Bronze Casting Exhibition, National Art School 2010
The Grid Show, National Art School 2010
Third Year Graduation Show, National Art School 2010
“Thirteen” Honours Painting Show, Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, 2011
Post Graduate Show, National Art School, 2011
NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize Finalist Exhibtion 2012
Broken Cove (Solo Show), Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney 2012
Waverley Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, 2012 (Highly Commended)
Waverley Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, 2013 (Winner Major’s Prize)
Mosman Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, 2013
Portes Ouvertes/Open Studios, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris 2014
Barricade (Solo Show), Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney 2014
Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW 2014
NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize Finalist Exhibtion 2015
Muswellbrook Open Art Prize Finalist Exhibition 2017
Mosman Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, 2017
