CURRENT WORK 2013



I paint abstract works on canvas, linen, wood and paper using a combination of acrylics, oils, oil sticks, oil pastels, charcoal, texture paste and gel medium building up layer after layer of paint to creating texture and a sense of history to each work.
I have a ‘lifelong’ interest in ceramics, exploring raku,  sawdust and saggar firing.  The work is both wheel thrown and hand built using earthenware clays.

My work has sold throughout Australia and Overseas



CAREER HISTORY



Townsville College of TAFE – First Class Honors – Studio Ceramics – 1987-1990.



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2013   22 Journeys   Paintings and Ceramics, Gallery 126, Armidale

2012   Changing Moods   Paintings and Ceramics, Haydon Hall, Murrurundi
2011   Still    Ceramics and Paintings, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
2010   Portraits of the Land   Painting and Ceramics – Haydon Hall, Murrurundi
2009   Painting and Ceramics   Gallery 126, Armidale
2003   Summer Exhibition   Ceramics and Paintings, Gallery 126, Armidale
2002   Explorations in Clay   Inverell Regional Art Gallery
2001   Clay Bottles    New England Art Society Gallery
1998 / 2000  Australian Open Garden Exhibition   Art for Gardens – Ceramics
1998   Baked Earth   Inverell Regional Art Gallery - Ceramics



GROUP EXHIBITIONS



2012    Walcha Gallery of Art – Recent Work – Paintings and Ceramic
2010    Walcha Gallery of Art – Ceramics (Raku, Sawdust and Saggar fired)
2009    Lake Russell Gallery, paintings and ceramics
           The Postcard Show – Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
2008    The Postcard Show – Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
            First Focus – Selected exhibition, Bunker Gallery, Coffs Harbour
2007    Gallery 126, Armidale – Painting
            Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour – Ceramics
            First Focus – Selected exhibition, Bunker Gallery, Coffs HarbourExhibition
2006    Works on Paper, Gallery 126, Armidale
            Moving Art Touring Exhibition, NERAM Armidale, Tamworth Regional     
            Gallery, Inverell Regional Gallery and Glen Innes – Painting
            New England Artists x 4 – Inverell Regional Art Gallery – Painting
            Crossing New England – Armidale Art Gallery - Painting
            My Time, My Place Myself – New England Contemporaries III, New
            England Regional Art Museum, Armidale – Painting
2005     New England Contemporaries II, New England Objectives – New England
            Regional Art Museum – Sculpture
2001     Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition – Guest Potter



AWARDS



2013      Artavita 4th Contest (on Lone 759 entries) Santa Barbara CA - Honorable Mention

              Inverell Art Competition - sculpture - First Prize

              Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Gallery, selected finalist

2011     Frost over Barraba – Best Work of Art
2010     Calleen  Art Award, Cowra Regional Gallery – selected finalist
            
2006     Wool Expo Farmgate Exhibition, Armidale - Painting and Coloured Pastel 
            Work - First Prize
            Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition Mixed Media – Highly Commended
            Inverell Art Society Competitive Exhibition, Open – Highly Commended
2005     Wool Expo Farmgate Exhibition – Silver Award – Ceramics
            Inverell Art Society Competitive Exhibition – Open Section – 2nd Prize and
            the Inverell Acquisitional Art Prize

            the Royal Agriculture Society of NSW, Royal Easter Show – work selected
            Warwick Art Prize – work selected
2003     Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition, Pottery Section – Highly
            Commended
2002     Inverell Art Society Competitive Exhibition Special Feature, Pottery – First
            Prize, Open Section – Commended and Local Section – Highly Commended
            New England Art Society Spring Exhibition – First Prize and Commended in
            Open Section   
2001    The Coffs Harbour Art and Craft Exhibition Miniature Section –
            Commended
2000     New England Art Society Spring Exhibition, Open Section – Commended.
            Ceramics Section – Commended
1998     New England Art Society Spring Exhibition Applied Arts Section – Highly
            Commended
1997     Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition, Ceramics Section – Champion Pot
             New England Art Society Art Exhibition Applied Arts Section – First Prize



JUDGING



2010   Frost over Barraba – Painting Section
2004   The Currabubula Red Cross Art Exhibition - Pottery Section





CURATOR

2006, 2007, 2008,2009, 2010 and 2012–“ Crossing New England” – An exhibition of selected artists from across the New England Area at the Armidale Gallery, Armidale.

PUBLICATIONS

“High Lean Country” – Land, People and Memory in New England, Edited by Alan Atkinson,  J S Ryan, Iain Davidson and Andrew Piper, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW  Australia, 2006
aAR  Australian Art Review February-April 2009 – Review by Rob Ingram  (page 82)