Artist Statement:
I am an Australian born, European based painter now living in Cornwall, UK. Observations and influences from the natural world are constantly referenced in my paintings which employ structure and light to describe a beautiful disintegration and reinvention.
My work is an inquiry into abstraction. Through the medium of oil paint, I am exploring the philosophical questions of knowledge, certainty, definition and memory. Shifting planes, fragmented shards, complex interchanges of light and shadow and geometric impositions of line are held in a precarious balance.
This latest series is about the interpretation of signals. I am striving for a dynamic beauty, a mixture of structure with soul: an emotional geometry.
Education:
Degree in Fine Art, (Painting), South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia, 1976
Exhibitions:
2021
"Genesis", Holy Art Gallery, virtual show, London
"Mnemosphere", Politecnico di Milano, online, Italy
2020
"IdEntity", ArtMoorHouse, London
"Chromatic Harmonies", Crocetti Museum, Rome
2019
"Inside Art", international contemporary art exhibition, Aragon 232 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Showcase Exhibition, "Changes", JonaquestArt Gallery, Greenwich, London
"Contemporary in Dialogue", international exhibition, Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy
2018
Solo Exhibition, "Semaphore" Devonport Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon
"Future Horizons - five emerging transglobal female artists", JonaQuestArt gallery, Greenwich, London
"Forma e Forme", Form and Shapes, curated by Maria Irene Vairo, Cafe Marte, Salerno, Italy
"Summer is Art", curated by Anna Isopo, Arte Borgo gallery, Rome, Italy
"Iperuranio", curated by Marcello Cazzaniga, Bellano, Lake Como, Italy
Artistic Influences:
My influences are eclectic - Bauhaus, Josef Albers, Mondrian, New York school, Jasper Johns, Rothko, Medieval manuscripts, Richard Diebenkorn, Mel Bochner, Paul Cezanne, Gaugin, Vermeer...
Artist Tags:
abstract, geometric, light, form, colour, movement
