about.

Hi, and welcome. I am a largely self-taught semi-abstract landscape painter working in Bundjalung country, in northern NSW Australia. I love the beauty and diversity of all the life that has evolved on our planet, and believe we should hold dear all other lifeforms that we share the Earth with.

I love to use colours and texture, layering to create subtle and complex works that evoke curiosity and questioning. Although the landscape is recognisable in some of my art, my work is not purely representational.

I use collage, prints and transparent hues to build up layers, both physical and metaphorical. When I paint, it’s important to me that the process is without worries. I want to feel free and unfettered as I do when in the landscape and looking out upon a view.

Nature is perfect and yet if there is a higher power, it drew it with a long-handled paintbrush. Inexact repetitions evoke memories of landscapes in all its forms. Geometric shapes, lines and gestural mark-making allow me to draw the viewer into the landscape and portray nature’s imperfect perfectness. Water is often featured, whether in the application of mediums or represented by flowing lines. Waterfalls are a particular obsession, forming the crux between ancient geology and verdant life. Different geological formations become metaphors for the human experience.

CREATIVE EXPERIENCE

Creativity runs in my family—my father Phil was a talented hobbyist oil painter in his youth, and my great uncle Fred on my mother’s side was an esteemed artist and art teacher.

I was encouraged to explore my artistic side from a young age, from the early encouragement by my uncle, who bought a painting of two lovebirds, to being invited to attend a class for talented students Gladesville Tech. I went on to come first in my final years of 3-unit art during high school.

I have shown my work at Lennox Arts Collective (2023), in The Doyle’s Art Awards (2024 and 2025) and in the Micro 30 exhibition at Gallery 3 (2025), where I was co-awarded the People’s Choice award and the Mobile Framing Encouragement Award. Currently I sell my work through Bluethumb, and I welcome direct sales enquiries via my website.