Welcome to my Bluethumb collection. I am an artist whose work reflects my interest in fauna and natural history. I have a strong affinity with the unique landscape and wildlife of our country. I love the bushland in the vicinity of my home and I feel driven to share the joy that it inspires as a celebration of Australia’s biodiversity.
My current practice centres largely around sculpture and has evolved from my ongoing study of carving in various mediums. I was a finalist in the Warringah Art Prize and received a Highly Commended award for a rope sculpture, “Downward Facing Dog”. Another of my rope sculptures “Single Seal” was selected for the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden Sculpture Walk. In 2022 and 2023 seven of my wood and stone sculptures have been selected for the Sculpture in the Garden exhibition at Rosby Estate, Mudgee. This year I was selected for the Lumiere Festival of Sculpture and Light.
With lockdown as a major catalyst and not having the space to sculpt from home, I relaunched my application to painting and I have been actively entering competitions and exhibiting for the past three years. I am extremely grateful to have benefited from recent long service leave from my day job as a high school teacher, to invest more energy into my art making practice.