ARTIST BIO

I grew up in rural Victoria and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts , majoring in painting at RMIT Melbourne. Soon after completing my degree I left Australia to continue my studies in Europe where I lived & worked for many years. My love of travel & fascination for the synchronicity of architecture & landscape is what I am most drawn to paint. The work of Paul Klee in particular & Gabriele Muenter as well as Ginger Riley continuously inspire me. I use colour & form to evoke a memory  of a place. I want to capture the spirit of a region or area. My pictures are not meant to be realistic depictions of any one specific location, but rather a reminder of places the viewer may have travelled to & enjoyed.

The landscape is interpreted in a very personal way & I am particularly interested in how buildings , no matter how humble or grand , fit into that landscape. I use bold colour & deliberatey distorted shape to recapture these special moments, like snapshots playing with scale & perspective.

I have taught Art for many years & have exhibited both in Australia & Europe.

Recent Prizes

Castellaville Art Prize 2011 Finalist

Highly commended BHCAC Transfromation Art Prize

St.Kevins Art Show 2012 Highly Commended

Roberts McCubbin Art Show 2013 Highly Commended

Exhibitions

BSG Gallery Small WOrks Competition 2010,  BSG Group Show 2010 , Polish Art Foundation " Urban Spaces" 2012 Show Spaces Gallery ,

 Suburban Gallery 312 Brighton, 

Panoply Gallery , 222 Toorak Road , South Yarra ( Current)