My more recent paintings are a self-conscious exploration of the personality of birds, specifically budgerigars, as characters set within an abstract field of expressionist, poured paint, depicted disproportionately large, on totemic pedestals.
In 2020 video work ‘Salt Lake’ was acquired for permanent collection and exhibited in group video art exhibition ‘Moving Pictures’ at LaTrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, VIC. ’Salt Lake’ also screened the entire month of March at the Adelaide Festival Centre outdoor and indoor media screens. Finalist in the Percival Portrait Painting Prize and Percival Animal Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD, and have also been a finalist in The 65th Blake Prize (2018), Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize (2018, 2015) and Portia Geach (2015, 2012).
National and international recognition include Best Cinematographer, Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2019, collaborative screen and performance work at Espoo International City Theatre, Finland (2018) and collaborative film and glass work at Ebeltoft Glasmuseet (Glass Museum), Jutland, Denmark (2013). Work has also be acquired by Artbank, City of Yarra and Box Hill College of TAFE collections. Art residencies include Bundanon Trust and Hillend NSW; SIM, Iceland; NG Creative Art Residency, France and shortlisted for Saari Residency 2020, Finland.
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