I live and have a studio in North Sydney and paint landscapes, waterways and Aussie native flora. I paint in impasto oils, alla prima with palette knife onto stretched cotton canvas. I’m drawn to vast expanses glimpsed beyond the sometimes chaotic scrubby bush of our coastal natives. My landscapes are composed to lead the eye through chaos toward space and calm. Painted to put the viewer under and among tree limbs and leaves shading the viewer and framing the space beyond. My flora paintings on the other hand are all about loving the chaos, the sculpturos layering, the stacking of thick paint and finally with all the looking, see order, see the spaces celebrate the subtle tones and find calm to be with it.

My joy is to paint the story of our unique environment, the grace, humility and synergy our beautiful trees, plants and flowers all share with-in the symbiosis of Australia’s natural habitat. I am reminded that we can all co-exist harmoniously like our natives to better care for her our heart land, Australia and each other. 

2021 Kuringgai: Solo show, Traffic Jam Galleries, Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW
2021 Everywhere I Look: a duo show, Be Brave Art Space, Avalon, Sydney, NSW
2021 RME Downland Art Exhibition: a group show, Toowoomba, QLD
2021 Flora: a group show, Dandenong, VIC
2021 Grammar Art Show: a group show, Toowoomba, QLD
2021 Inside this Box: a group show, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW
2020 Contemporary Australian Art Display: a group show, The Corner Store Gallery, Orange, NSW
2015 Emergence: a group show with Underground Art Space, Warringah Creative Space, Sydney NSW