Current Works

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Observations in oil

My work begins with the familiar things that become part of everyday life.

Plants on the windowsill. Favourite ceramics. Foraged branches. Objects collected over time.

Through oil painting, I explore colour, light, shape and space — translating what I notice into a response to the feeling of what I see.

In the studio

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  • Seeing in Colour

    Seeing in Colour

    Something interesting has happened since I started painting abstractly again. It is already changing the way I paint from observation. Over the past few weeks I’ve been making small abstract...

    Seeing in Colour

    Something interesting has happened since I started painting abstractly again. It is already changing the way I paint from observation. Over the past few weeks I’ve been making small abstract...

  • From Observation

    From Observation

    A return to abstraction has opened up a new way of working from observation, translating familiar subjects into colour, shape, texture and feeling.

    From Observation

    A return to abstraction has opened up a new way of working from observation, translating familiar subjects into colour, shape, texture and feeling.

  • Returning

    Returning

    Returning to familiar subjects doesn't feel like repeating myself. It feels like seeing more. In this week's journal, I reflect on why I keep painting banksias, favourite objects and the...

    Returning

    Returning to familiar subjects doesn't feel like repeating myself. It feels like seeing more. In this week's journal, I reflect on why I keep painting banksias, favourite objects and the...

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