“Natural History- a practice of intentional, focused attentiveness and receptivity to the more-than-human world, guided by honesty and accuracy.”
Biography
I am an Australian artist who lives and works in Canberra. Although primarily a painter, I work with a range of media including drawing, installation and printmaking. My practice focuses on communicating the sense of wonder I feel when I encounter strange or novel things in the natural world. Small treasures, large landscapes, living creatures and remnants of past lives and stories folded into locations inspire my practice. My art works aim to convey the fascination that all these things hold for me.
In my next exhibition Alchemies I will be exhibiting with Malcolm Cooke at Tuggeranong Arts Centre, 137 Reed St., Greenway. The show will open at 6pm Friday 23 October. The exhibition will run until 12 December.
Within Alchemies I will be exhibiting works I have made in response to the Macleay Collection held in the Chau Chak Wing Museum in Sydney University. This vast and varied collection of natural history specimens, objects and images amassed over decades by three generations of the Macleay family raises many questions about humankind’s relationship to the natural world.
Below: Seeking meaning, 2026, Oil on Linen, 76 x 102 cm
