Welcome !
I am an artist currently living and working in Canberra, ACT and have recently
completed a Master of Fine Arts at Monash University. The examination
exhibition Landscapes of desire and melancholy was held at Switchback
Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland campus in Victoria in April 2007. The
research investigated imagery associated with ordering 
of the landscape particularly
the manner in which the natural environment has been manipulated and controlled
by garden design, landscaping and the built environment. A comparison was made
between the formal gardens in Italy, the ancient lands of Sardinia, and the
Canberra environment after the bushfires. My research also took be to New Mexico
where I studied the landscape paintings of Georgia O’Keefe and visited the
sites she depicted thus giving me valuable insights into her work practices
and methodologies. My studies were completed over a four-year period whilst
working in the Exhibitions Branch of the National Library of Australia.
I have a lifelong interest and commitment to the arts and I am now in a position
to work full time on my art practice. In October 2008 I plan to exhibit a new
body of work at the ANCA Gallery in Dickson, ACT. The exhibition Displacement will
concentrate on exploring the notion of collecting in a material world and consumer
society through paintings of still life.
If you would like a price list of works available for purchase please contact me.