Sydney lockdown
Here I am in beautiful Sydney enjoying what is, for the most part, a gloriously sunny winter although today is brrr… As usual, I am staying with my dear friends in Vaucluse. I have finished my wonderful annual teaching gig at the National Art School (May and June) and I usually would have headed back […]
Home and Away
Recently an artist friend in Munich ( Penelope Richardson) came up with an idea for a photographic exhibition exploring the ex-pat experience of “home and away” during these unprecedented times. The project invited selected artists to provide 3 photos – one of themselves with an object representing ‘home’, another with an object that represented ‘away’, […]
Back to the art blog..at last
Happy New Year! 2020 sounds so futuristic doesn’t it? I do like the sound of this lovely, even, double-number-year much more than the year 2019. As with the dawning of each New Year, I have many resolutions, which I often struggle to adhere to, but this year feels different. I have discovered some practical strategies […]
Return to Sydney and The Other Art Fair Melbourne
The engine jets were humming away, the vents were blowing super cold air, it was dark around me as most were sleeping or watching their 3rd or 4th film and I had just had a restless 7-hour sleep – my flight neighbour and I taking turns lying on the 2 spare seats between us. (lucky […]
Residencies, Animal Fanfair and new work
I have decided to focus more on sculpture this year, and to this end, I have been sketching ideas for new works and am applying for selected ceramic artist residencies. So far so good! I am thrilled to announce that I have already been accepted to undertake a ceramic residency at Sundaymorning@EKWC, in The Netherlands […]
Bully – an assessment
Whilst it was definitely odd not being present at my solo exhibition, Bully, I think it still went fairly well, all things considered. I certainly received quite a bit of publicity – Veg news, Calendar for artists, Ian Potter Cultural Trust Urbanwalkabout and Blouinartinfo. I was especially pleased to get a story in “Veg news” […]
Oh “Bully”, I wont be there!
My new exhibition “Bully” opens this Wednesday 7th December at Artereal Gallery in Sydney. That’s just a few days away so I am pretty excited. The sad thing for me is that I won’t be in Sydney for this event. Having already flown over to Sydney twice this year from Munich, it was just too much […]
“Bully”- thoughts on my upcoming exhibition
With my solo exhibition at Artereal Gallery coming up in December, I have been busy creating a new series of small works on paper to accompany the larger framed works that will be on display. The exhibition will open on Wednesday 7th of December and run for 3 weeks. The exhibition is called “Bully”, which is […]
Finalist in Corangamarah art prize
A new work, “Dirty laundry” is one of 26 finalist works to be exhibited at the 2016 Corangamarah Art Prize. This is an annual Australian art prize held at the Red Rock Regional Theatre and Gallery in Coorooke, VIC. I have been a finalist in this exhibition 5 times over the years and am grateful for […]
Red themed art and Bull fights
For this years Hungry for Art festival in Sydney’s city of Ryde, curator Cassandra Lard-Hawrie has put together a red themed exhibition and I am one of thirteen artists involved. My 2 large mixed media images both examine the controversial tradition of Bull Fighting, highlighting that the real bullies in this game are the humans. The “Red” aspect […]
2016 National Works on Paper
I was jumping about with excitement when I recieved an email confirming that my new work “Hare-Brain” is a finalist in this years National Works on Paper prize . ( just got the news about 40 minutes ago and am still in the process of calming myself down..writing helps ..may have a celebratory glass of […]
New work in Artereal anniversary exhibition
On the 6th of April Artereal gallery opened their doors to the 2nd chapter of their 10-year anniversary exhibitions. These group exhibitions titled” “Artereal X/I” and now “Artereal X/II” are a celebration of the art and artists they represent. If you haven’t checked it out yet the current “X/II” exhibition is on until the end of […]
Linden Postcard Exhibition
I have entered the Linden Postcard Exhibition in 2009, 2010 and 2012 and had planned to enter in 2014 but Linden changed their specifications so that the submitted artwork now had to fit the exact dimensions of 25.5 x 20 cm, including frame. Previously I have entered small mixed media collage/drawing/painting works that were smaller than […]