Location: Australia
In 2014, after 25 years as a graphic designer, producing designs on computer to other peoples specifications, for print, web, but especially animated video graphics, I have returned to my first love of producing by hand, on paper, works that express my feelings, needs, divertissements.
I am fascinated by the interplay of nature and the built environment. The transient, the overlooked, the space between. Mutable elements: sky, water, the play of light and shadow. Using an iPhone as a sketchbook, I capture the transient moment, looking for the magic and mystery in the mundane, at the intersection of the natural and the built, hinting at a peripheral reality, a possible narrative.
Predominantly taking my subject matter from Sydney’s (Australia) inner west, centering on Sydney Park and Newtown, and now in my new home in a small village outside Chiang Mai, Thailand, I interpret using expressive marks to reflect the visual reality. It is a direct approach, interpreting what I see, unconsciously investing a possible depth, a narrative which must be interpreted by the viewer’s imagination.
I work on paper, mostly using pastel, with some watercolour and ink elements. all works are approximately A1 size. Recently I have also begun working in acrylics.
CV
1947 Born, Sydney
1966-7 Studied Architecture, University of NSW
1970-2 National Art School
1974-6 Diploma in Art, Alexander Mackie CAE (later COFA), Sydney
1976 Group exhibition, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
1979-80 Travelling throughout Asia:
studied batik, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
studied Pishwar painting, Rajasthan, India
studied Tibetan Thanka painting, Dharmsala, India
1981 Studied drawing, Chelsea School of Art, London
1982 Diploma in Education, Sydney Institute
1983-89 Art teacher (Wawina Creative High, James Cook Boys High)
1986 Winner, Sleaze Ball poster competition
1987 Group exhibition, Works Gallery, Sydney
1988 Group exhibition, Roslyn Oxley Gallery9, Sydney
1989 Solo exhibition, “Vertical Hold”, North Sydney Contemporary Gallery
1989-2014 Lead graphic/digital designer, NSW Dept of Education & communities
2014 Highly commended, Green Way Art Prize
2014 Finalist, Blacktown City Art Prize
2015 Highly commended, Art-competition.net, Landscape
2016 Highly commended, art-competition.net, Land and sea scapes
2017 6th prize, art-competition.net, Scapes #
These are from around my new home in Chiang Mai, Thailand and some earlier ones from around Thailand
Pastel on MyTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2017
pastel on MyTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
6th prize, art-completion.net, "scapes3'
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel & graphite on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 52x72cm, 2017, sold
Pastel & graphite on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel & watercolour on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
“A conversation with the night”
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel & graphite on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel & graphite on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 52x72cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel & watercolour on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 72x52cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 52x72cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 52x72cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 52x72cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes tex, 52x72cm, 2017
Wet and dry pastel on primed watercolour paper, 39x56 cm, 2017
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 52x72 cm, 2017
Pastel on primed mulberry paper, 54x78 cm, 2017
Pastel on primed mulberry paper, 54x78cm, 2017
“Dead rickshaw with garden hose”
Pastel on primed mulberry paper, 54x78cm, 2017
Pastel on primed watercolour paper, 39x56cm,2017
Pastel on primed mulberry paper, 54x78cm, 2017
Pastel on prepared watercolour paper with soluble graphite, 54x39cm, 2017
Pastel on prepared mulberry paper, 56x78cm, 2017
Pastel on multicoloured primed mulberry paper, 56x78 cm, 2017
pastel on primed mulberry paper, 56x78cm, 2017
Pastel on primed paper, 54x39cm, 2017
Pastel on primed mulberry paper, 56x78cm, 2017, sold
Pastel on paper, 53x73cm, 2017
Black pastel, eraser & aquarelle pencil, 55x75cm, 2017
Pastel on paper, 75x55cm, 2017
Pastel on primed mulberry paper, 78x56cm, 2017
pastel on paper primed with crushed teak leaves, 75x55cm, 2017
pastel on primed paper,75x55cm, 2018
Pastel on primed mulberry paper, 78x56cm, 2018
Pastel & graphite on primed mulberry paper, 78x56cm, 2018
“Pagoda of the little fishies”
Pastel on primed mulberry paper, 78x56cm, 2018
Pastel on primed paper, 75x55cm, 2018
Pastel over acrylic under painting, 75x55cm, 2018
Pastel & graphite on primed paper, 75x55cm, 2018
Pastel on primed paper, 75x55cm, 2018
Pastel on primed paper, 75x55cm, 2018
Pastel & graphite on paper, 75x55cm, 2018. Featured in ‘Inspired by nature 2018’ online exhibition
Pastel on paper, 75x55cm, 2018, featured in ‘Inspired by nature 2018’ online exhibition
Pastel on paper,75x55cm, 2018
Acrylic on paper, 75x55cm, 2018
“Tai chi: wave hands like clouds”
Acrylics on paper, 72x47cm, 2018
Acrylic on canvas, 60x50cm, 2018
Pastel on paper, 75x55cm, 2018
Acrylic on watercolour paper, 73x53cm, 2018
Acrylic on watercolour paper,75x55cm, 2018
Pastel on primed watercolour paper, 75x55cm, 2018
These are works in Sydne and environs, especially Sydney Park
Pastel, ink & oil pastel paper, 60x84cm, 2014
Highly commended art-competition.net, Landscape
Pastel on paper, 80x64cm, 2014
Highly commended, art-competition.net, Land & sea scapes
Pastel on paper, 80x64cm, 2014
Highly commended, Greenway Art Prize, 2014
Pastel on MiTientes tex paper, 104x72cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel & marker brush on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on paper, 80x64cm, 2014
Pastel on paper, 80x64cm, 2014
Pastel on paper, 80x64cm, 2014
Pastel on paper, 80x64cm, 2014
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 52x72cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 52x72cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel & ink on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 67x85cm, 2015
Pastel, watercolour & ink on 67x472cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel & watercolour on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel & watercolour on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel & watercolour on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Pastel on paper, 80x64cm, 2014
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2015
Pastel on MiTientes paper, 72x52cm, 2016
Aquarelle and watercolour on paper, 64x84cm, 2015
Pastel ons paper, 80x64cm, 2014
“First rain, first grain”
“Sunset, sala, dog”
“Rice is life”
“Moon and paddy”
“Morning”
“Canal”
“Banner”
“Night garden”
“Spirit”
“A dance of earth and air”
“Sunset dance”
“While eating seafood”
“Leafy pond”
“Wat”
“Aripada garden”
“A bend in the moonlight”
“Last rest”
“Harvest”
“Lunch at Teung Tao lake”
“Shady beach”
“Waiting for rain”
“Last resort”
“Sacred fish”
“Celestial”
“Somewhere in Chiang Mai”
“The tower”
“Dragon reflected”
“Rice field with puddle”
“Hiding”
“Approaching”
“Another day ends”
“Symbiosis”
“Fish”
“Geometry of rice”
“Planting”
“Gothic rice”
“Reflections of the night”
“Rainy night”
“Still life in the afternoon”
“Another rice field”
“Impermanence”
“No mud, no lotus”
“Into the blue”
“By the lake”
“A dragon in the sky”
“Lotus fantasy ”
“Backwater eddies”
“Pond life”
“Teak avenue”
“sky on fire”
“‘Misty canal’”
“Last car to leave the dam”
“Mondrian in the morning”
“Festive flowers”
“Sun & rice”
“Tropic interior”
“East west”
“Arboreal struggle”
“Luang Neua sunset”
“Burning season ”
“Water feature”
“On muddy pond”
“Wat window”
“Wild water”
“Buddhist string theory”
“Lighting the sky”
“Kiama”
“Lighthouse”
“Aqueduct”
“The calm before”
“Autumnal”
“Bondi blue”
“Cascade”
“A choice”
“And so it flows”
“Bicycle lane”
“Industrial baroque”
“Boat”
“Two by sea”
“Music of trees”
“Two magpies”
“Midnight”
“running”
“After the storm”
“Last Light”
“Wetlands”
“Afternoon trees”
“Sitting Ducks”
“Encounter by the river”
“sewerage spires”
“Gum trees with puddle”
“Evening star”
“Water at dusk”
“Sun goes down”
“Wetlands, golden hour”
“Channelling the night”
“Guardians of the flow”
“A river to float away on”
“Silent creek”
“There is a path”
“Bark fugue”
“Home at dawn”
“Winter”
“Afternoon walk”
“Rooted”
“Sky in the sea”
“Sea and shadow”
“Youth and age”
“Snow gum”
“Twilight”
