Artist Statement:
I love to paint emotional pieces, that beckon the inner part of ourselves. I also believe that the longing and desires that we hold are just under the surface can be released easily using abstraction. It is not what is seen in art but in ourselves, that is art’s greatest gift.
I started painting at the age of 5 with my mother, who was also an artist. I usually won the school art prizes, first exhibiting at the Berrima District Art Show at the age of 10. While attending Wollongong University, I started painting abstract pieces, in the style of abstract expressionism, and so my first solo exhibition was at Wollongong Regional Art Gallery.
I lived in Japan, for five years, and exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum as part of the UNESCO International Friendship Exhibition in 1991. I also started the Tokyo Eki (train station) Exhibition, displaying and selling work in Shinjuku, Ikebukuro and Tokyo.
Since then I was also involved in group shows in Los Angeles, San Jose, and La Jolla. Back in Australia, I continued to exhibit in solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and regional areas. Some of my work has also been exhibited in New York, San Francisco and London.
Usually, my work is larger canvases, and are often inspired by hypnagogic states (the state between being awake and asleep) and take non-conventional forms that are designed to challenge artistic symbolism and archetypes.
In 2010 I published my first art book, entitled: "Transience". The second book "Abstraction," is in production and planned for release in late 2021.
Awards & Distinctions:
Teravarna Art Prize 2023 Winner, Abstracts 2023 J. Mane Gallery 2023 Winner, Camel Back Gallery - 'Bold Abstracts' 2022 Winner, Art Show International Gallery "3rd Color" 2022 Winner, Art Show International Gallery 2022 Winner, Art Show International “Abstract” 2021 art prize (Merit award), J. Mane Gallery 2020 "Abstracts Art" (Honorary mention), Grey Cube Gallery "Colors 2020" (Honorary mention), Art Limited 2020 (Winner), Envision Arts “Abstraction: A Contemporary Collective 2020" (Selected), Bougie Art Gallery “Abstract Art Today 2020” (Selected), AAA 107th Exhibition 2020 (Selected), Artavita International 2018 & 2019 (Winner), Pride Art Australia 2017 (Winner)... and many more
Exhibitions:
‘Contemporary Collective’ Envision Arts 2020, ‘Abstract Art Today’ Bougie Art Gallery 2020, ‘Abstracts AL 2020’ Art Limited France, ‘Abstract 2020’ J. Mane Gallery, ‘Colors 2020’ Grey Cube Gallery 2021, ‘107th Exhibition’ Allied Artists of America 2020, ‘2019 Exhibition’ Artavita International 2019, ‘2018 Exhibition’ Artavita International 2018, BRISBANE ART 2018, Pride Art 2017, BRISBANE ART 2017, SNAP to GRID 2016, SNAP TO GRID 2015, HOME: Global Gallery 2013. Inter Art Show 2010, BRISBANE ART 2008, SNAP TO GRID 2008, LACDA JURIED COMP 2008, MELBOURNE ART 08 2008, STANTHORPE 2007, PADDINGTON PRIZE 2007, LA ARTISTS COLLECTIVE 1996, UNESCO Tokyo 1990, MODERN COLLECT 1990.
Artistic Influences:
Jackson Pollack, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky, Hilma af Klint, Frank Stella, Vasily Kandinsky, Joan Mitchell, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Gerhard Richter, Helen Frankenthaler, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee
Artist Tags:
abstract art, australian artist, abstract expressionism, neo abstract expressionism, australian art, large abstract
