about
I have always been drawn to abstract painting. I relish the challenge of trying to interpret abstract works. I also love the beauty inherent in a work which on the surface does not appear to represent anything specific.
And I am fascinated by rocks - their texture, their formation and evolution. Rocks are built up through a sedimentary process and they erode from the effects of wind and water.
My art is all about marrying abstraction with everything that I see and sense in landscapes in which rocks form the major component.
My approach is through drawing. I draw, and keep re-drawing, my real life subject, abstracting a little further at each stage. The final abstracted drawing forms the basis for my painting. My aim is to capture what I see as sense of the sedimentation and erosion that the rocks have undergone. I use a limited colour range in each painting to keep the work fresh and light.
I hope that my paintings communicate my passion for my subject and engage the viewer with the same enthusiasm with which I approached the painting. At the same time, I aim for my work to be attractive on a purely aesthetic level.
For each subject I normally aim to produce a large series of works to form a coherent body of work. In recent years I have painted series on part of North Curl Curl headland, rocks near Dee Why rockpool, Crater Lake in South Oregon, all the headlands between Collaroy and Avalon, the rock backdrop to Mermaid Pool at Manly Dam, Snæfellsjökull in Iceland. All of these series have been shown in exhibitions.
I am a member, past President, and current Treasurer, of an art collective, Art & Soul Collective Inc, on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
And I am fascinated by rocks - their texture, their formation and evolution. Rocks are built up through a sedimentary process and they erode from the effects of wind and water.
My art is all about marrying abstraction with everything that I see and sense in landscapes in which rocks form the major component.
My approach is through drawing. I draw, and keep re-drawing, my real life subject, abstracting a little further at each stage. The final abstracted drawing forms the basis for my painting. My aim is to capture what I see as sense of the sedimentation and erosion that the rocks have undergone. I use a limited colour range in each painting to keep the work fresh and light.
I hope that my paintings communicate my passion for my subject and engage the viewer with the same enthusiasm with which I approached the painting. At the same time, I aim for my work to be attractive on a purely aesthetic level.
For each subject I normally aim to produce a large series of works to form a coherent body of work. In recent years I have painted series on part of North Curl Curl headland, rocks near Dee Why rockpool, Crater Lake in South Oregon, all the headlands between Collaroy and Avalon, the rock backdrop to Mermaid Pool at Manly Dam, Snæfellsjökull in Iceland. All of these series have been shown in exhibitions.
I am a member, past President, and current Treasurer, of an art collective, Art & Soul Collective Inc, on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
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Competitions:
Since September 2012 I have also been represented in the on-line gallery Saatchi On-Line.
- • Mosman Art Prize 2015 - finalist
- • Warringah Art Prize 2015 - finalist
- • Warringah Art Prize 2016 - finalist
- • Thirty by Thirty 2016 - runner up
- • FOUR NOW at China Heights Gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney (2007)
- • SEVEN at Mary Place Gallery in Paddington, Sydney (2008)
- • ArtZpace 2012 in Avalon, Sydney (2012)
- • POP at The Painters Gallery in Mona Vale, Sydney (2012)
- • Personal Landscapes at the ARCC Gallery in Marrickville, Sydney (2013)
- • The Landscape Laid Bare at Fix8 Gallery in Freshwater, Sydney (2013)
- • Cycle as part of the Manly Art Festival 2013
- • Keeping Company with the Collection at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney (2013)
- • ArtZpace 2014 in Avalon, Sydney (2014)
- • Inspired. Northern. Beaches. at Gallery 4, North Manly, Sydney (2014)
- • SoulWorks at Warringah Creative Space, North Curl Curl, Sydney (2014)
- • Mermaid Pools at Gallery 4, North Manly, Sydney (2014)
- • Artspot 2015 at Avalon Recreation Centre, Avalon, Sydney (2015)
- • ARTiculate at Warringah Creative Space, North Curl Curl, Sydney (2015)
- • Keeping Company: Saltwater at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney (2015)
- • Scaled Down, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney (2016)
- • From Natural To Abstraction, Creative Space, North Curl Curl, Sydney (2016)
- • Thirty by Thirty, The Colour Trap Gallery, Avalon, Sydney (2016)
- • Abundance at Creative Space, North Curl Curl, Sydney (2017)
- • Land at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney (2017)
Since September 2012 I have also been represented in the on-line gallery Saatchi On-Line.
