Curriculum Vitae Image Gallery
Education:
Secondary:
1960 – 63 Stratford House, Bromley, Kent, UK “O” levels
1964 Tintern CEGGS, Ringwood, Melbourne Matriculation
Tertiary: 1965 – 67 Bachelor of Arts ANU (English Literature, Philosophy, Greek, Roman and Asian Civilization and Zoology)
1979 – 81 Diploma of Fine Art, Canberra School of Art (Sculpture)
1982 Diploma of Education (Secondary Art teaching) Canberra College of Advanced Education (Now University of Canberra)
Teaching experience:
1968 Kandos High School, NSW
1983– 84 Hawker College, Art teacher
1983- 84 Woden Special School, Art teacher
1985 -2008 Educator, Education and Public Programs Section National Gallery of Australia
2007-2008 Manager of Education at the National Gallery of Australia
2008 –now Continuing art practice and teaching art to adults
SOLO SHOWS
April -June 2008 Solo exhibition of paintings at Art Espresso in Kingston ACT
Exhibition at Artvault, Mildura March 2009
Exhibition ’Quincesesstial” at Gallery 12 Piailligo 17th March – 9 April 2010
Focus show at “Artists on Parade’ Tumbarumba from 23 May 2010
Dunstone Designs Gallery April – August 2011
MYCOLOGIA The secret life of fungi Belconnen Arts Centre 17th February – 4 March 2012
SPORANGIA The Secret life of Fungi The ArtVault, Mildura 25th June – 15th July 2013
Bowls, Baskets, Blankets and Boats. Belconnen Arts Centre 26 April – 11 May 2014
extended to 8 June 2014
Vessel. Form Gallery Queanbeyan. 22 April – 3 May 2015
Divided Horizons East Hotel 1 August -18 August 2017
JOINT SHOWS
Paintings on display and purchased at “Home at Last” Milton NSW and ‘The Terrace’ Kingston ACT
“Still life” Spiral Gallery Bega NSW
“Black and White” Pigment Gallery. Nicholson Building Melbourne from 27 May
Pigment Gallery, Prahran until 18 July 2010
Selected as a finalist in Waterhouse Natural History Exhibition opening 16th July 2010 South Australian Museum
First Fifteen show. Front Gallery Lyneham 24 – 7 July 2010
Bitumen to Bulldust exhibition. Walgett 5 Sept 2010
NETS exhibition Canberra School of Art Foyer 13- 30 September 2010
The Art of Food exhibition. Spiral Gallery September 2010
Gallery 12 Piailligo “Pod” exhibition November 2010
Casting the Net Strathnairn Gallery 27 August-11 Sept 2011
Networks. Belconnen Art Centre 17th August – 3rd Sept 2012.
Artisans in the Gardens exhibition: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney 26th October – 4th November 2012
Finalist in M16 drawing prize 7th -21st December 2012
Terrain exhibition at Strathnairn 11th May – 25th May 2013
(networks)
Finalist in M16 Drawing prize December 2013 and 2014
Inspiration Basket exhibition; Spiral Gallery, Bega 14 November – 3rd December 2014
Covet 1 Networks Belconnen Art Centre 4 – 27 March 2016
Covet 1 Networks Bratislava and Amsterdam
Covet 2 Networks Art School foyer Canberra 5 -15 May 2016
Interwoven Basket exhibition. Spiral Gallery Bega 28 September – 17 October 2018
ARTIST STATEMENT
I have, since my studies in the 1980s, been obsessed with wrapping, knotting, tangling and constructing with rope, wool and other fibres. I created and made drawings of three dimensional wrapped and knotted structures during my sculpture degree and these forms have been referred to in my practice ever since.
I have explored the parallels between human and animal veins, arteries and organs with those found in the plant and insect kingdoms. These networks for transmitting life fluids seem to be repeated in the microscopic world as well as in the structure of river deltas and erosion gullies. Electron microscopic images of fungi have stimulated a series of large black and white pen and ink drawings where the intricacy and beauty of the filamentous growth patterns belies their toxic effects on humans and animals.
My interest in creating three dimensional illusion on a flat surface resulted in an extended exploration of decorated basket and boat images which then led to the creation of brightly coloured, intricately patterned baskets using a wrapping and coiling process
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