ABOUT
I came late to painting after spending most of my professional years as an architect.
In 2017 I decided to do a couple of art courses at National Art School and Julian
Ashton Art School, after which I knew how I wanted to spend the rest of my life. Since
then I have continued to develop my skills with courses led by favourite artists as well
as competitions and exhibitions. I see things differently as a painter and I have fallen in
love with the world again.
EDUCATION
Masters of Architecture, USYD 1989
ART Short courses:
2017 NAS drawing
Julian Ashton Art School Plein air painting
2018 NAS painting Idris Murphy
2019 ARTEST Marie Mansfield Portrait Painting
2020 Black Pond Studios Catherine Kehoe, Jennifer Pochinski
2021 Workshop with Robert Malherb, AGNSW
2022 Workshop with Abdul Abdulla AGNSW
MEDIUM
I am a figurative painter of many subjects. I use oils on board, and I sketch plein air with
pastels or gouache on paper.
COMPETITIONS AND PRIZES
2025- Finalist Maldon Portrait Prize ‘Pete the Builder’
2024- Finalist Mosman Rowers Art Prize- ‘Beach Still Life’
2023- Finalist National Emerging Art Prize, ACB Selects ‘Someone bought Sunflowers’
2022-Finalist Portia Geach Portrait Prize 'Nicola Pain'
2022-Highly Commended, The National Capital Art Prize 'Fantastic Creatures'
2022- Finalist Lethbridge Small Work Art Prize ‘ Gore Bay , Sydney Harbour’
2022- Finalist Blake Art Prize ‘Cover me with Moth Wings’
2021- Finalist National Emerging Art Prize ‘Blossom’
2021- Finalist Still art prize ‘Gathering’
2021- Finalist Muswellbrook Art Prize ‘Warm and Dry’
2021- Highly Commended Ravenswood Art Prize ‘Forebears’
2020- Finalist Salon De Refuses ‘Integrifolia’ (portrait of Janet Lawrence)
2020- Finalist Waverley Art Prize ‘Summer’
2020- Finalist Lethbridge Small Work Art Prize ‘ Knife Fork Spoon’
2020- Finalist Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize ‘Goth City”
2019 - Framing Prize M16 Artspace Drawing Prize “CBD Gothic”
2019 – First Prize Artest Woof Art Prize “Steve”
2019- Finalist Waverley Art Prize “Beach”
2019- First Prize Waverley Drawing Prize “Sunday”
2018- Finalist Waverley Woollahra 9 x 5 Landscape Prize “Spring”
2018 - Finalist Kangaroo Valley Art Prize “Tractor”
2017 – First Prize Waverley Woollahra 9 x 5 Landscape Impressionism Prize “Cockatoo
Island”
SOLO Exhibitions
2025- “If not Now, When?” Project 90 Gallery Woollahra
2024- “OIL on Board’ The Barcelona Building, 9 Roslyn Street, Potts Point
2023 -'Nothing is Ordinary' CASA by KATE NIXON, Rushcutters Bay
GROUP Exhibitions
2025- “Small Works Xmas 2025” Group exhibition at Project 90 Gallery Paddington.
2025- “Epicurean” Group exhibition at Project 90 Gallery Paddington.
2024- “Delicatessen” Group exhibition at Project 90 Gallery Paddington
2022 - ‘Faces, Places and Spaces’ trio with Debbie MacKenzie and Bernard Greaves
Michael Reid Gallery, Southern Highlands.
2021 - ‘Reflections’ Duo with Sue Tesoriero Michael Reid Gallery, Northern Beaches.
2019 – ‘Home’ Group exhibition, Block J Gallery
2018 - ‘3 PLY’ Group Exhibition with artists Sonia van de Haar and Richard Briggs, 53
Great Buckingham Street, Redfern
Collections
Private collections including in;
Australia; Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, New Zealand, UK; London, US: New
York, Singapore
TEACHING
2024 “Quantity over Quality” Penn Studio 3 day online course