artist statement

‘Nostalgic threads in paint and objects evoke a sense of spirit and place as the artist weaves a narrative in the in-between of half-remembered stories and the strangely familiar’

I am a dedicated art practitioner of 15 years with experience in gallery and studio practice, facilitation, teaching and commissions for public and private art in mosaic, assemblage and sculpture. I work in oil glaze, acrylic and mixed media on canvas.

The latest series ‘drawing with objects’ combines media & assemblage of salvaged materials and memorabilia on traditional painting grounds. For me it represents a synergy of my traditional painting practices fused with the object as a site of memory. This is my story of place, time and history that allows me to combine my diverse strengths of genre together with gatherings and collectings of found and salvaged materials and memorabilia.

selected exhibitions
The Abused Child Trust
Greenslopes Hospital
Nudgee College
Red Cross Gold Coast
St Sebastian’s Biennial
The Collector’s Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society of Victoria
The Combined Rotary Art Show, Brisbane
Toowoomba Regional Gallery Emerging Artists Award Exhibition
The Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition; St Bernard’s Art Show.

prizes +achievements
2005, 2000 R A D F Grants for community projects: Kilcoy & Livingstone Shire
2004 Brisbane City Council & DET Chermside Art Project - Lead Artist
2000 Nudgee College Art Show, 2nd prize, Contemporary

collections
The Department of Child Safety
Women’s Law Association Qld, Commissioned Award prize
The Cairns Post Collection
Private collections in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, UK, Canada, Japan and the US.