I spent my working life in the business world although my interest and love of art goes back to my school days. I have been painting in my head for as long as I can remember and now free to actually paint, the influences from my childhood roaming through the Australian bush and now living on Sydney Harbour are evident.

The light and colours of the Australian landscape inspire most of my work. I am interested in capturing the feel of a place drawn from my response and memory, rather than a direct representation. I am striving for a painterly form of abstraction and feel my best work comes from memory when the work develops naturally, is spontaneous and all the elements somehow come together.

Training/Classes

2012 - Gabrielle Jones

2013 - Judith White

2013-2018 - Tony Tozer Willoughby Workshop Arts Centre

Workshops / Masterclasses

2012 - Luke Sciberras

2012 - Peter Griffen

2012 - Jo Bertini

2013 - David Fairbairn

2014 - New York Studio School Summer Marathon - Drawing and painting the Highline with Linda Darling & Joe Santore

2015 - Idris Murphy and Ross Laurie - Fowlers Gap Fieldtrip

2015 - Idris Murphy - Formal Elements of a Finished Painting, Willoughby Workshop Arts Centre

2016 - Luke Sciberras - weekend Hill End

2016 - Rena Czaplinska-Archer - “Time for Drawing” Riversdale

2018 - Catherine Cassidy

2018 - Thibaut de Reimpre, Villeherviers, France

Art Prizes/Group Shows

2014-2018 - Finalist Ewart Art Prize - 2017
Work Highly Commended

2015 - Finalist Mosman Art Prize

2016-2017-2018 - Finalist Hunters Hill Art Prize/Exhibition

2017-2018 - Group Show Artists of Mosman 2088

2018 - Finalist Northbridge Art Prize