Is This Possible?

In the process of art making with my drawing techniques has enabled me to research my identity as a Deaf person and my language. Through resolving these questions about my Deaf experiences and language, drawing in a meditative state has allowed me to uncover visuals of my Auslan language and in that process I discovered hidden oppressions of our language and identity which had resulted in audism that we deal with today. ‘Is This Possible?’ Is a reflection on how I have come to deal with audist attitudes and more recently, masks and communication during the pandemic. ‘My Auslan Language’ was the starting point of delving into the Deaf history and looking into the glass of my Deaf experiences I have every day and over the last three years my research has evolved through my drawing process and alongside other disciplines in my arts practice.

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I'm a Deaf artist, born in and living back in Melbourne after a number of years in Adelaide, South Australia. I have been practicing my arts for 18 years and exhibiting for the last decade and most recently as an international artist in Europe.

I work with watercolour, ink, gouache and mixed media to communicate my stories, transcribing perceptions of the world today and way back many thousands of years ago. Some of my works also focus on preserving history of places around local areas and afar, often on request of others and those works convey in my style of the places I paint. Sometimes, for a lighthearted comment, I paint a volkswagen adventure or doggy adventure to entertain and bring a smile to people's faces.

My studio is open for visits, so contact me to organise a studio visit. My studio is located 2 hours outside of Melbourne, but I am able to have studio visits in the city during the week in business hours between 10 am and 5 pm, and I require at least 24 hours notice on city visits.

I am starting to move towards working with acrylic and oils on abstract and semi-abstracts as well as imagery with evolved ideas and 2019 will bring new works that sees evolution in my works.