Remember last summer

Victorias back beaches have been our escape over summer and winter for as long as i can remember. Last summer seems a hundred summers ago, so much has taken place. The sun on your skin, the sounds of the ocean, the people...a distant sound of the cricket. Cold grapes from the esky, a few waves to catch, not looking forward to the drive home. I love the colours, the sounds, the feeling of freedom. These birds eye views are part of the escapism, looking down on the world, seeing everything frames by sea and the sand, always swirling, always changing. I love this colour palette and the slightly modern twist on traditional landscape genre, i hope to bring that feeling into the home...

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Ever since i could clasp my chubby little fingers around a pencil i have felt a strong urge to create and capture, to bring ideas to life and to challenge my own abilities. As a teenager i exhibited at various local shows, winning prizes and encouragement. I graduated from graphic design at RMIT and landed my first job as an art director in an advertising agency. 35 years later i feel incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity to work with so many "industry creatives" and create many memorable campaigns. Throughout those years i continued to draw and develop ideas but only in the last 18 months has the opportunity arisen where i can now focus on painting and in many ways it's a journey that is just beginning.
Working from our studio (my better half is also a painter) i have been focussing on topics that bring joy to my life and hopefully others too. With a 'graphic" art background, i look to colour and form to compose and frame my pictures. Our beaches in summer and snow covered slopes in winter provide the ideal setting for me. Adopting a "birds-eye' view and a largely monochromatic backdrop means i can introduce bursts of colour largely through the people enjoying the environment, whilst maintaining a slightly unconventional representation of the Australian "landscape genre'.
The human form in all its multitudes of shapes and sizes is also of great interest to me, i enjoy the little narratives and take great pleasure in working these into all my works. there have been several commissions now requesting family groups to be incorporated.
With contemporary interior design trends in mind, my aim is to introduce some of life's little pleasures into the home, responses to date have been most encouraging. I look forward to seeing how this journey develops.