BACKGROUND

Brisbane based abstract and mixed media artist using acrylic, watercolour, inks and collage.

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Solo Exhibition from 7-27 June with Land Street Gallery Toowong

2024 Royal Queensland Art Society ‘Hidden Gems’ Exhibition

2023 Side Gallery ‘Echo’ Small Works Exhibition

2023 Inverell Art Exhibition

2023 The Central Highlands Regional Council Annual Art Awards

2023 Aspire Gallery 'Solstice’ Exhibition

2023 ‘As you Like It’ exhibition by The Gap Creative

2023 Pepperbox Gallery ‘A Year in Colour exhibition’

2023, 2022 and 2021 Tower Art Show 

2021 Ipswich Art Show 

2022 Aspect Art Show 

2021 and 2020 Aspire Gallery Foot Square Exhibition

2021 Aspire Petite Pieces Exhibition

AWARDS

2023 Highly Commended Central Highlands Regional Council Annual Art Awards for Purple Haze 2

2023 ‘Packing Room Prize’ at the ‘As you Like it’ Exhibition by The Gap Creative

2019 Commended - Pastel Society of Australia - Annual Art Awards

EDUCATION AND ART TRAINING

Self taught artist with completion of several short courses over many years.

2023 - Acrylic - Bienarte Brisbane - Anita West

Four week course - one morning a week

Acrylic painting practice.

2022 Acrylic - Mcgregor Art School - Chris Postle

One week course - colour mixing with acrylic, composition , using pallet knife

2021 - Pastel and acrylic on canvas - Tricia Reust

Weekend course - composition and balance in art, collage techniques 

2019 - Pastels - Karol Oakley 

Weekend course - using pastel medium to Create landscapes, focal point, composition and colour relationships 

2018 - Pastels - Tricia Taylor

Weekend Art course - hue, tone, temperature and intensity , creating seascapes with pastel, colour mixing and blending.

2017 Pastels - Karol Oakley

October - weekend Art course - composition, tone and using pastels to layer colour, using pastels to create art. 

2017 Colour pencils - Jan Lawnkins

April - weekend short course, using pencils to create art pieces, color and tone, creating texture , light, form and shadows 

MEMBERSHIPS

Pastel society of Australia- 2019 - 2022 

The Gap Creative Inc - 2021 - 2024