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About Me

I returned to full-time practice after a long period of teaching. Looking back at my earlier life as an exhibiting artist, I realise now that what matters to me is not ‘making it’ in the art-world, but rediscovering the quiet flow and connection with the actual-world that I felt when engaging with art. I’m less interested in where art might take me than in what happens while I’m making it.

Influenced by Zen, I approach my work as a form of contemplation, with less concern for ego and ambition, and more for feeling and openness. So, art is not a product but a process of discovering relationships, chance and interconnectedness.

My work, when it is going well, unfolds as a conversation between myself, my materials, and the world, as a cloud exists in relation to the sky.

A mixed-media artwork featuring a sketch of a person drawing, with part of the image torn to reveal a colorful and abstract illustration underneath. Art about art making.

Education

  • Bachelor of Education (Secondary) UniSA: Design Technology, Art. 2000

  • Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art) UniSA, Music Minor (Adelaide Uni). 1997

Exhibitions

  • Bill Coomblas, Greenaway Gallery, Solo Exhibition, 1994

  • Recent Works, Chesser Gallery, Solo Exhibition, 1993

  • Small Works Too, Fig Gallery, 1992

  • Small Obsessions, College Gallery, (Curator: Timothy Morrel), 1991

  • First Street Studios Inc, Adelaide Fringe Exhibition, Fig Gallery, 1990

  • Works on a Small Scale’, Tynte Gallery, 1989

  • The New Collection, Bernadettes Gallery, 1988

  • Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, NASA Gallery, 1987

  • 3rd Annual Staff Exhibition, NASA Gallery, 1986

  • Famous Unknowns, Harrington Gallery, 1984

  • Grand Opening, Harrington Gallery, 1983

  • SA Sculptors Exhib, R.S.A.S.A Gallery, 1982

I live in Melbourne, Australia. I like discussing art. Contact via email.