A passion for the Australian earthy colours,
shapes and the culture of our Land.
   
 
 
ARTIST STATEMENT
I have been working with Batik for many years now and find this medium a rewarding and challenging art form. Creating art using this technique is an exciting journey as each new piece takes on a life of its own emerging and changing as each separate layer of wax and dye is applied. The cracks produced by the wax are characteristic of Batik and gives each art work its own distinctive quality and texture.
My art is inspired by the beauty of the Land and the elegance of nature.

The rich red dirt of the Australian Outback, the shades of ochres, the colours & textures beneath the surfaces of the rivers and the reflections on their waters captivate me. Nature is rich in the patterns river courses form, in the fine details within rocks and their crevasses, the grains and colours in sandstone that have been embedded therein over the centuries as well as the textures of paper bark and gum trees. Sunrises and sunsets paint the sky and set the landscape ablaze.
EXHIBITIONS
2008 Global Gallery - Sydney Group Exhibition
"SaMjJana - Equity and Harmony"
 
2008 Nest Studio - Croydon, Adelaide, South Australia Group Exhibition
"Modern Australian Textiles"
 
2008 Fabric of Life - North Adelaide, South Australia Solo Exhibition
"Earth Lines"
 
2008 Palm House - Royal Botanical Gardens - Sydney Group Exhibition
"Autumn Equinox Art Salon 2008"  
 
2007 Hornsby Art Gallery Group Exhibition
"Tracking the Spirit"
 
2007 Tap Gallery - Sydney Group Exhibition
"Critical Future"
 
2007

Palm House - Royal Botanical Gardens - Sydney

Group Exhibition
“Autumn Equinox Art Salon 2007”
 
2006 Palm House - Royal Botanical Gardens - Sydney Group Exhibition
"Summer Solstice Art Salon 2006"  A Celebration of Nature
 
2006 Tap Gallery - Darlinghurst - Sydney Group Exhibition
“Freedom” - Amnesty International
 
2006

Palm House - Royal Botanical Gardens - Sydney

Group Exhibition
“Winter Solstice Art Salon 2006 ” - A Celebration of Nature
 
2006

Tap Gallery - Darlinghurst - Sydney

Group Exhibition
“Darlinghurst Nights” Painters & Poets
 
2005

Palm House - Royal Botanical Gardens - Sydney

Group Exhibition
“Summer Solstice Art Salon 2005 ” Art Inspired by Nature
 
2005

Tap Gallery - Darlinghurst - Sydney

Group Exhibition
“Images of the Cross” - Kings Cross Arts Festival
 
2005

Hornsby TAFE Gallery - Hornsby

Group Exhibition
“Naidoc Week” - Guringai Festival
 
2005

Tap Gallery - Darlinghurst - Sydney

Group Exhibition
 
“Freedom” - Amnesty International 
 
 
2004

Tap Gallery - Darlinghurst - Sydney

Solo Exhibition
“Layers”
 
1998

Australian Craft Show - Homebush - Sydney

Solo Exhibition
 
AWARDS
2005

Tap Gallery - Darlinghurst - Sydney

3rd Prize
“Freedom” - Amnesty International
     
COLLECTIONS
2008 Flinders University of South Australia Art Museum Acquisition
  
COMMISSIONS
1995

Commonwealth Rehabilitation Center

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Calendar
 
1999

Boomerang Art Gallery - Crows Nest

 
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