New Voices at CBD Gallery

So proud to be included alongside some of my very clever alumni in the New Voices exhibtion at CBD Gallery this July — a curated showcase of 2024 graduates from the National Art School.

17 July - 16 August 

Opening Night: Wednesday 17 July

Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Location: CBD Gallery

Special Guest: Simon Cooper – Deputy Director, National Art School

Showing alongside: Brooke Marchel, India Swinton, Libby Moore, Marina Kawabe, Quanzhu Ma, Zi Xin

Cult Classic (Neville St, Marrickville), watercolour on yupo. 180 x 152 cm.

EMANATE at NERAM

Thrilled to be included in this showcase of ten recent graduates from the National Art School at the New England Regional Art Museum in Armidale.

There will be three of my large scale watercolours on Yupo hanging alongside works by Benjamin Akuila, Eleanor Harris, Grace Buckley, Julie Edgar, Maram Hassan, Mia Ardianto, Quan Zhu Ma, Sophie Victoria and Zi Xin.

The exhibition will open on June the 13th at 6pm and run until the 10th of August.

The Mantel Show at Branch3d

The local gallery space Branch3d run by artist Sarah Nolan is host to an inaugural group show, featuring handmade three-dimensional works perfect for displaying on a mantel, shelf, or tabletop. I’m delighted that Sarah has included my unframed watercolour on yupo, “Potted Geranium” as one of the few wall works in the exhibition.

The show is a delight, with many sculptural and ceramic treasures. If you are in or near Forest Lodge, please drop by! More details on the Branch3d website – here.

Still Life for Everyone at Baba's Place

Was lucky enough to spend a lovely arvo at one of Marrickville’s greatest restaurants with some of Australia’s friendliest artists creating a series of quick, fun and colourful still life sketches. Tonight all the work created will be sold to raise funds for Second Bite, a charity dedicated to fighting food insecurity.

More details here!

Yellow at Tiliqua Tiliqua

Local artist run gallery space and print studio Tiliqua Tiliqua is having it’s third anniversary exhibition, and to celebrate they have filled their gallery space with the joy, happiness and sunshine! I’m very happy to have contributed a little oil on Yupo.

Tiliqua Tiliqua - 257 Enmore Rd, Enmore NSW. Exhibition runs from the 10 to 27 April, 2025. Exhibition hours are 12-6pm thurs to sat and 12-4pm sun. Opening drinks 4-6pm Saturday 12 April. Hope to see you there!

‘What a thing to do.’ Oil on Yupo mounted and custom framed. Approx 21 x 30 cm. 2023.

Finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize!

I adore the Dobell Drawing Prize. So it is an absolute pleasure to be included among the 56 finalists (from 965 entries) for 2025. Thank you to the judging panel Vernon Ah Kee, Dr Yolunda Hickman and Paula Latos-Valier AM.

The Dobell will run from Friday 11 April to Saturday 21 June, Monday to Saturday, 11am–5pm in the National Art School Gallery. If you are in, or around Darlinghurst, please drop in.

Céleste’s Frontyard (red brick and bougainvillea), watercolour on Yupo.

NAS Grad Show

After three years of intense work, I’m super excited to be part of the NAS Grad Show! Please come by to check it all out. Don’t forget to wander through the whole uni - there are works on display in the main gallery, the hoff space, the drawing gallery and the artists studios (especially upstairs of building 5, which is where my body of work will be). Plus if the library is open, you can drop into the Stairwell Gallery to see NASLABA. Sooooooo much brilliant art from emerging artists to check out!

National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney. From 6 to 15 December 2024.

UPDATE ... WINNER of NASLABA!

Pleased to announce that my book series has won first prize in the BFA category of NASLABA. Diary of Watercolour March to October has been acquired by the NAS Library and will become part of their collection.

Original text: As part of my practice this year, I utilised the discarded elements in my studio – the finished watercolour tubes and my paint swatches – to create a three part book series, a record of my process. I am super happy that Diary of Watercolour March to October will be shown as part of the second National Art School Library Artist’s Book Award.

NASLABA will be on from 11th of November until the 30th January. If you pop into NAS for any of the grad shows, the library stairwell gallery is open weekdays 10-3pm over most of the Christmas break. Please drop by the library to check it out, it’s a pretty stellar line-up of talented bookmaking artists!

Salon des Refusés at the S. H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney, then The David Roche Foundation in Adelaide and finally Retford Park in Bowral!

Back in March, to celebrate my Pop turning 100, I spent a day painting him. Absolutely stoked that his portrait has been chosen for the alternative Archie selection – the Salon des Refusés exhibition at the S. H. Ervin Gallery. Thank you to Brad Hammond, director Orange Regional Gallery and Jane Watters, director, S.H. Ervin Gallery for selecting my painting.

Please pop in to see it, as it is always a brilliant show! Running from the 8 June to 25 August at the S. H Ervin Gallery Sydney. Then from the 9 October to 11 December at the David Roche Foundation. And finally completing its tour in Bowral, at Retford Park from the 30 November to 27 January 2025. The showing at Retford Park is extra special, as it is walking distance to Ngununggula which is hosting the Archibald! The first time the two shows have been held in conjunction with each other.

Pop, watercolour on yupo, 80x110cm

The Inaugural NAS Library Artists' Book Award

Super delighted to have been chosen to exhibit in The Inaugural NAS Library Artists’ Book Award, with my tiny, hand-sewn, sculptural book.

The exhibition opening will coincide with the opening of the NAS Grad Show, on the evening of 30th of November.

The exhibition will run from the 9th of November until the 30th of January 2024. If you are in or around NAS, please pop into the Stairwell Gallery to check it out!

grounded, group show at t and cc's

Super proud to be included in ‘Grounded’, a group show at t and cc’s in Surry Hills, opening Saturday 23 September, 2023

I’ll have five small works, hanging alongisde eight other, spectacular ‘up and coming’ artists, who work across a multitude of mediums, including painting, photography, video, printmaking, sculpture and ceramics. All the works explore ideas relating to the theme Grounded, with interpretations ranging from personal and cultural relationships with places and family histories, to the emotive and physical experiences of their art-making processes.

Curated by Gabriella Boyd. Artists include rachel ramsis farag, Elena Larkin, Katie Barbarie Stewart, Saluki, Mia van Dort-Gilmore, Georgia Wilkinson and Bryden Williams

Please check it out at t and cc’s salon, 54 Waterloo St, Surry Hills, Gadigal Country

Finalist in FLOW 2023

Absolutely chuffed to be hung in FLOW Contemporary Watercolour Prize at Wollongong Art Gallery for the 3rd time.

This en plein air work was created on a beautiful Summer’s day beside the Turon River, it was an absolute joy to paint!

Double Finalist in the GreenWay Art Prize

I love our local art prize – and am super happy to be involved again this year. It takes on issues close to my heart, relating to environment, access to open space and transportation. I’m happy to be featured in both the local and open categories with my two works, both exploring the Gumbramorra Swampland.

In my little stop motion Ibis, I have observed and drawn in willow charcoal an Ibis foraging in an puddle – a little ephemeral habitat that only appeared with La Niña, a reminder of the Gumbramorra Swampland that was once a rich and biodiverse part of the Goolay’yari / Cooks River ecosystem.

I then created this large companion piece for the stop motion, Once was Gumbramorra Swampland, an ink, watercolour and charcoal drawing, also of Ibis, wading through a large puddle (small body of water really!) on the oval of Marrickville High School. They looked so peaceful, majestic. As a 'fairytale' border for these Ibis, I have included a small selection of just some of the locally native flora that would have originally grown here. The lost biodiversity. A glimpse of a magical world decimated by development, canal systems and drainage.

Please check out the GreenWay Art Prize website here – you can vote in the people’s choice and purchase some fabulous local art!

Once was Gumbramorra Swampland, ink, charcoal and watercolour

Ibis, a 34 second stop motion animation with sound, using willow charcoal.