Born London 1958
Education
2009 - 2010 Printmaking. NMIT
2009 Printmaking Summer School. National Art School NSW
2005 - 2007 Master of Art Therapy Latrobe University
1985 Postgraduate Education. Bristol University UK
1978 – 1980 Bachelor of Arts, Wolverhampton Polytechnic UK
Solo shows
2019 'Nature's Sanctuary' Art at St Francis, Melbourne
2018 ‘Senescence’ Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2017 Editions 17, Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2016 ’Hiraeth’ Collaboration with Danielle Creenaune. Port Jackson Press
2016 ‘Quiescence’ Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2015 ‘The Yarra Song’ Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2015 ‘Concatenatus’ Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2014 ‘Arboreal’ Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2014 ‘Tangled’ Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2013: ‘On Common Ground’ Tacit Contemporary Art
2011: ‘Here & There’ Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Selected group shows
2019 'About the Land' Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2019 Burnie Print Prize. Burnie Regional Art Gallery. Tasmania
2018 'Locus' Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop
2018 National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2018 9th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal
2017 Global Print, Douro, Portugal
2017 Summer Impressions, Port Jackson Press
2017 Tracing the Line, Port Jackson Press Melbourne
2016 ‘Lettered’, Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop.
2016 Editions 16, Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2015 Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop, Vic
2015 Burnie Print Prize. Burnie Regional Art Gallery. Tasmania
2015 Lauriston Press Kyneton Vic.
2015 Wrap Up, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2015:Editions 3, Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2014: Print Fair, Australian Print Workshop
2014: Thirteen Melbourne Printmakers, Rathdowne Galleries
2014: The Tree Show, Central Goldfields Art Gallery
2014: Drawing The Line, Chapman and Bailey
2014: Editions 2, Tacit Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2013: Printmaking Now – Eugenius, Melbourne
2013: Eight Women – New Works, Boom Gallery, Geelong.
2013: Waterhouse Prize, South Australian Museum
2013: Print Exchange Project, Graphic Arts Workshop, San Francisco
2013: Print Exchange Project, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY
2013: The Tree Show, Cascade Print Workshop
2013: Editions, Tacit Contemporary Art
2012: Impressions, Australian Print Workshop
2010: Impressions, Australian Print Workshop
2010: Showcase. Synergy Gallery. Melbourne
Awards and prizes
2019: Selected finalist Burnie Print Prize - Burnie Regional Art Gallery
2015: Selected finalist Burnie Print Prize - Burnie Regional Art Gallery
2015: Prize Winner Awagami Mini Print. Japan
2015: Selected finalist Miniprint International – Cadaques. Spain.
2013: Selected Finalist Awagami Mini Print. Japan
2013: Selected finalist Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain
2013: Highly commended Waterhouse Prize, South Australian Museum
2012: Selected finalist Lessedra Miniprint. Sofia, Bulgaria
2012: Selected Finalist Mini Print International Asia Pacific
2011: Selected finalist Undergraduate Awards, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery
Collections
National Gallery of Australia
Australian Print Workshop
The Brooklyn Arts Library
Private Collections
London
New York
Guangzhou. China
Hong Kong
St Petersburg
Valencia
Statement
The narrative of our lives is intimately tied to the places in which memories have been made. We accrue history through our surrounds and this is bound to our sense of identity and belonging.
My work examines the meaning of place. Recollections of an English childhood are entwined with the landscape of my new home in Australia. In forests, in woods or on riverbanks, history is told though branches, bark, leaves and undergrowth. Fragments bring memories of place and time. Each viewer brings their own story and makes a connection with their own memories.
works available from Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Lauriston Press, Kyneton, VIC and Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop