Donating this little flannies oil painting to a fundraiser for my beautiful drawing teacher Rachel Fairfax. Hope it helps.
'Bloom' Group Exhibition – Weswal Gallery, Tamworth
Super, super stoked to have these two watercolours (on ridiculously thick arches paper) hanging in Weswal Gallery’s annual Bloom exhibition, alongside the uber talented Jules Harris, Emily Heath, Mignon Parker and Tym Yee.
The exhibition runs from Wednesday August 3rd to Saturday August 20th. For more information and or to view the exhibition online please check the Weswal Gallery website.
Art For Floods
A small donation, in hope that it helps with all the devastation that has recently occurred and is still occurring. Available for purchase this weekend, directly from me for $360 (preferably via insta message) – 100% will go to your choice of the three Art for Floods charities – Givit, Arts Northern Rivers or Norpa. Please check out Art For Floods for more info and to view all the beautiful works available.
The Watch House Balmain, Pop-up Group Exhibition
Pleased to again be involved in a pop-up exhibition that will be hanging FOR THIS WEEKEND ONLY at The Watch House Balmain featuring a great group of local artists, including Fleur Stevenson, Jane Sankey, Patrice Wills, Skye Andrew and Kati Wilson. It is always a pleasure to see the works against the historic sandstone blocks of this venue!
Drop in to have a squizz, open 9am to 5pm, 179 Darling St Balmain SATURDAY THE 26th and SUNDAY THE 27th February 2022.
ACB Selects – National Emerging Art Prize
I’m super excited to have been chosen by Amber Creswell Bell, one of Australia’s most passionate emerging art advocates, for her online show, ‘ACB Selects’, an offshoot of the National Emerging Art Prize.
More info about this amazing opportunity –
“In the inaugural year of the National Emerging Art Prize (NEAP) 2021, no one could have predicted the volume, nor the extremely high calibre of entries received.
And while the finalists and winners were selected by an independent panel of judges, the gallery’s Creative Director, Amber Creswell Bell, had the great pleasure of viewing each and every one of the 1498 entries received.
“I was floored by the quality of entries – truly my heart was racing as I viewed the entries prior to judging. How thrilling to see the emerging art world producing such exciting works – both painted and ceramic. This “ACB Selects” exhibition is a presentation of works that I personally identified as worthy of your attention!”
ACB Selects will open online Thursday 17th February 2022, and all works will be available for purchase, with affordable flat rate of $90 shipping Australia-wide on all pieces. You will be able to read about each of the artists, as well as their individual artist statements.
This is a fabulous opportunity to discover some great emerging talent from right across the country.”
The watercolour, gouache and pencil artwork on 850gsm arches ‘Holding it all together’ was chosen for the exhibition. It was completed on the only table in our small house, while schooling my three primary aged kids. The flowers were a gift from my sister's garden, a reminder of the importance of connection and a celebration of nature and community – elements that all proved to be crucial as our world shrank. The shadows are indistinct and not quite sensible, referencing the ever-changing light as I stopped and started, time not quite feeling the same.
The Watch House Balmain, Pop-up Group Exhibition
Pleased to again be involved with the Inner West Artists’ collective ‘Mamas with Easels’. A pop-up exhibition will be hanging FOR THIS WEEKEND ONLY at The Watch House Balmain featuring a great group of local artists, including Fleur Stevenson, Jane Sankey, Patrice Wills, Skye Andrew and Kati Wilson. It is always a pleasure to see the works against the historic sandstone blocks of this venue!
Drop in to have a squizz, open 9am to 5pm, 179 Darling St Balmain SATURDAY THE 20th and SUNDAY THE 21st.
Finalist in the Greenway Art Prize 2021
Completely honoured to be selected as local artist finalist in the 2021 The Greenway Art Prize, for my large watercolour painting Bleeding Heart. Thank you to the curators and congratulations to all the other finalists.
The opening will most likely be the evening of the 3rd of December (numbers may be COVID-limted - we shall see). And the exhibition will run from the 3rd to the 19th of December. Level 4, Mungo Scott Building,2-32 Smith Street Summer Hill. Hope to see you there!
A little bit about my artwork, Bleeding Heart which is available for purchase through the prize:
“During the lockdown I missed access to true virgin bushland dearly. I found myself scouring vistas on our park crawls for the biodiversity that existed before colonisation. This little vignette along the Hawthorne Canal of native bleeding heart with a peek of a palm leaf and an understorey of native geranium, dianella, lomandra and scurvy weed, could, at a squint, transport me to a subtropical rainforest. A mini-holiday in our urban gaol.”
Finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2021
Stoked to have a little smoosh of an oil painting ‘Hopeful’ hanging in the traditional section of The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award at Campbelltown Art Centre. I love this award particularly for its wonderful, overwhelming salon hang.
The exhibition runs from the 30th of October to the 10th of December. If you are in the area, be sure to check it out!
Hopeful, oil on board, Finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2021
Finalist in FLOW 2021
So proud to have my painting ‘A La Niña Summer, Italian White Sunflowers and Sugar Plums’ hanging in FLOW – Wollongong Art Gallery’s National Contemporary Watercolour Prize, alongside many absolutely brilliant artists. Thank you to Louise Brand for ensuring the exhibition went ahead and to Dr Andrew Frost for judging.
The exhibition runs from the 16th of October 2021 to the 13th of March 2022. If you are in the area, be sure to check it out!
A La Niña Summer, Italian White Sunflowers and Sugar Plums, watercolour and gouache on 850gsm arches
online finalist in Lethbridge 20000
My little piece Pohutukawa and Wattle has been included in the Lethbridge 20000 Salon de Refusés, in some great company. Head over to the website to check it out.
Incognito Art Show
I have donated a piece to Incognito Art Show – which is raising funds for Studio A: ‘an organisation that provides creative programs with whole-life outcomes for adults with disability’.
It is a pretty cool concept for a show, which is inclusive (anyone can enter), with every artwork sized A5, priced at $100 and completely anonymous!
Works will be sold to the public at an Art Show in Sydney at the Verona Studio 1 - 17 Oxford St, Paddington on the 5th of June 2021. You can check out the gallery online prior to visiting here.
The Watch House, Balmain
Super happy to again be involved with the Inner West Artists’ collective ‘Mamas with Easels’. A pop-up exhibition will be hanging at The Watch House Balmain this weekend, March 13 and 14 2021 open 9am to 4pm. There will be an opening on Friday night, between 6 and 8pm. Please drop in if you are nearby!
Pohutukawa and Wattle 2 hanging alongside A La Niña Summer, italian white sunflowers and sugar plums, on the beautiful sandstone walls of the women’s cell of The Watch House, Balmain
Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2020
Super pleased to announce that I’m a finalist in the ‘traditional’ category of the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2020 with my little oil painting Saxa Salt.
The show runs from Saturday 31 October – Friday 11 December 2020 at the Campbelltown Arts Centre.
This year Campbelltown Arts Centre has also created a really crazy interactive version of the exhibition (screenshot taken from their website below). So if you can’t make it to Campbelltown, then please have a squiz on their website.
As seen on the interactive tour of the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2020, my little oil painting Saxa Salt, hanging alongside works by Cheryl Georgopoulos, Sarah Frost, Cheryl Wetsi and Anna Boros.
The Watch House, Balmain
Really excited to be hanging six little works with the Inner West Artists’ collective (run by the tireless Kati Wilson) ‘Mamas with Easels’ at The Watch House Balmain this weekend, September 25 and 26th 2020 open 9am to 4pm. There will be a socially distanced opening on Friday night, between 6 and 8pm. Please drop in if you are nearby!
Finalist in Art Est in Iso
Pleased to have my oil painting Saxa Salt selected to show in Art Est’s mid year exhibition in Leichhardt curated by Julia Flanagan. The exhibition runs from the 4th to the 19th of July 2020.
Saxa Salt hanging alongside Amanda Cutlack’s Lemons in the Art Est in Iso exhibition.
Finalist in FLOW
Super happy to be a finalist in the FLOW National Contemporary Watercolour Prize at the Wollongong Art Gallery. My painting ‘Itty Bitty Bougainvillea’ - part of my Familiar Flora series, will hang alongside 73 other watercolour paintings in the biennial acquisitive competition open to artists from around Australia.
Opening is 6.30pm tonight, the 16th of August. The exhibition runs from the 17th of August to the 10th of November 2019.
Familiar Flora
It’s all hung and open for viewing. Please pop in and say ‘hi’.
Details: Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Pidcock St, Camperdown. Open Thursday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm from the 1st of August to the 11th of August.
Front page feature!
My noggin made the front page of the Inner West Times, spreading the word locally about the upcoming solo exhibition, Familiar Flora.
Photo credit, for the eye-catching pic of me hidden in Bougainvillea goes to Celeste Cebra.
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The opening night will be Wednesday 31st of July, please join me for a chat and a drink.
Exhibition will run from Thursday to Sunday, from the 1st of August to the 11th of August.
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