“Monkey Brains” has a new home

One of my own personal favourites – the artwork “Monkey brains”,  has been donated as a  Cultural Gift to the Gippsland Gallery in Sale, Victoria. “Monkey Brains”, a 2011 large mixed media work on canvas, was first exhibited at Artereal Gallery in my 2011 solo exhibition “Monkey business”, curated by Barbara Dowse. Later that year, […]

Finalist in Flanagan Art exhibition

My most recent work on paper , “Show bully” will be exhibited in this years Flanagan Art Exhibition at St Patricks College in Ballarat, Victoria. Their are a grand total of 86 accepted finalists so it will be a big exhibition with a diverse range of works on display – showcasing the talent of both established […]

Finalist – Clifton’s Art Prize

I am excited  that I am a finalist in this years Clifton’s Art Prize! Clifton’s is an annual art prize held across countries in the Asia Pacific with a small selection of finalists in each of the major cities. Cliftons Art Prize aims to promote local emerging artists and encourage corporate patronage of the arts. […]

Scope galleries – Art concerning the environment

I heard of Scope galleries in Warrnambool, Victoria, through a  good friend who has undertaken an artist residency in that part of Australia. She recently informed me that they had an art prize with a theme that fitted my work – “art concerning the environment” – so I went ahead and entered! The work I […]

Hunter Hill Art Prize

This year was actually the first I heard of the “Hunters Hill Art Prize” which is now in it’s 60th year running! I discovered that Hunters Hill is just a short drive from Sydney College of the Arts where I work so I thought, well, why not? I have entered a work for the overall […]

Children, art and animal issues

Posted by on Mar 10, 2014 in Animals, collage, Drawing, Paintings, Presentations, teaching

I delivered a presentation about my work at Bronte Public School today to a class of 10-11 year old students. The students had been given a project to choose an artist and give a 5 – 10 minute power point presentation about that artist’s work.  I was very flattered that young Celty Sharp chose to […]

Back to the drawing board

It’s now February and I am happily back in drawing mode as of 2014. I have completed my first commission for the year – a mixed media work on paper titled  ‘Fair Play” for my father and his partner in New Zealand. The format is 50 x 150 cm and as I usually work in something […]