Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Tuesday, February 7, 2023









OCCUPIED opens at CCAS Manuka 6pm thurs 16th Feb,
exhibition continues 11-5pm thurs-sun 16th-26th Feb




A series painted from news photographs of the bombing of Gaza: a paused frame telling a story that relentlessly repeats. The paintings remain focused as the news cycle moves through.

 








Gaza #6
oil on canvas
123 x 112cm











 Gaza #5
oil on canvas
123 x 112cm









 

Thursday, November 24, 2022








Group show opening tonight at new Canberra space Measured Gallery in Fyshwick...





















 

Wednesday, October 5, 2022




Finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award with this work painted from BBC News drone footage of Aleppo, Syria filmed in 2017. The exhibtion runs from 29th October- 9th December at the Campbelltown Arts Centre




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Aleppo, oil on canvas, 125 x 223cm (2 panels)









Friday, September 2, 2022

 


Finalist in the Portia Geach at S H Ervin Gallery from 16th September - 6 November with my portrait of Dusty Miller. Dusty served as a combat medic with the SASR in Afghanistan in 2012. He is one of a commendable few that have come forward, at great personal cost, with allegations they witnessed war crimes committed by Australian Special Forces Soldiers.





          WITNESS (Dusty, Afghanistan, 2012), oil on canvas, 175 x 125 cm, 2022







Friday, March 25, 2022

 





People's choice at the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery with my painting Gaza #6...








Gaza #6, oil on canvas, 123 x 112cm, 2019

Monday, November 15, 2021

 


Images of the installation of The Way Home presented by Blackartprojects at Neospace, Collingwood, November 11-13, 2021


























Monday, November 8, 2021





Showing 8 new paintings with Blackartprojects at Neospace 11-13 Nov, and online at Sydney Contemporary 11-21 Nov...




The Way Home #8, oil on canvas, 2021, 31 x 41cm



 THE WAY HOME


11 - 13 November, 2021Thu - Fri: 11am-3pmSat: 12-3pmNeospace7 Campbell StreetCollingwood, Victoria, Australia


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Saturday, October 23, 2021



Finalist in the Portia Geach at S H Ervin Gallery with my portrait of Dusty Miller. 

Dusty served as an SAS medic in Australia’s Special Forces in Afghanistan in 2012. He is one of a commendable few that have spoken up publicly with allegations they witnessed war crimes committed by Australian soldiers.






Dusty, oil on canvas, 47 x 65cm, 2021









Wednesday, October 20, 2021



Finalist in the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize at the Bendigo Art Gallery from 20 Nov 21- 13 Feb 22..




Gaza #6, oil on canvas, 123 x 112cm, 2019










 Finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award on at the Campbelltown Arts Centre from 30 Oct - 13th Nov...




Gaza #9, oil on canvas, 123 x 112cm, 2019
















 

New paintings ready to show with Blackartprojects and Explore Sydney Contemporary 2021 from 11th November..



The Way Home #1, oil on canvas, 2021, 31 x 41cm


                                      

The Way Home #2, oil on canvas, 2021, 31 x 41cm


                                       



The Way Home #3, oil on canvas, 2021, 31 x 41cm
                                     

                                      


The Way Home #4, oil on canvas, 2021, 31 x 41cm









Friday, September 4, 2020

Evelyn Chapman Art Award





Paintings from the first year of the Evelyn Chapman...






Gaza #4, oil on canvas, 122 x 112cm

                                     

                               





Gaza #5, oil on canvas, 122 x 112cm 
   

                                                                      







Gaza #6, oil on canvas, 122 x 112cm


                                         

                                    





Gaza #7, oil and oil stick on canvas, 122 x 112cm


                                         

                                    





Gaza #8, oil on canvas, 122 x 112cm

                                         

                                    







Gaza #9, oil and oil stick on canvas, 122 x 112cm


                                       

                                     





Gaza #10, oil on canvas, 122 x 112cm

                                       

                                   
















                                                                                      images credit: Brenton McGeachie




Saturday, November 17, 2018

Drones over Aleppo at CCAS Gorman finishes at 5pm today....




East Aleppo 17:56, oil on canvas, 75 x 100cm
       
                                          




Last chance to see my preliminary Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours at The Left Hand, Braidwood this weekend 17th-18th November..





East Aleppo (study), oil on canvas, 100 x 125cm

                                         

Friday, October 26, 2018





 Winner of the Evelyn Chapman Art Award with my painting Gaza, on display at S H Ervin Gallery until December 2. Many thanks to the judges, S H Ervin Gallery and Perpetual Trustees for this wonderful opportunity to further my knowledge and skills. An article on this inaugural award at Art Guide Australia..



Gaza, 2016, oil on canvas, 112x122cm



For more in the broader series of Virtual War paintings, Drones over Aleppo continues at Canberra Contemporary Art Space until Nov 17...
  
     









Thursday, October 18, 2018





Shortlisted for the Evelyn Chapman Art Award with this painting Gaza....
Evelyn Chapman was the first woman to paint the ruins of the western front.