End of the beginning

2023 New Years Eve. As I sit on Bell’s Beach in Australia listening to the waves crash, surfers waiting to catch their next wave and the occasional passing beach wander, I reflect on this year. It was an unexpected destination today. Some of this year was like that too. The deep background roar behind the […]

r u b b l e

I stopped putting up drafts of my work a long time ago, keeping the journey personal and for myself. I decided I would post the process of this work and compile the process before publishing the final work. It is the rebuilding journey that can be just as encouraging as the final product. (Not seen […]

A N Z A C

This is a photo of my Grandfather. He was an Anzac. His name is written in one of the Anzac books that line the entire outer inner corridors of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia. You get your name in there as one of the men and women who fought in the First World […]

“From Darkness Into Life” 2005

“From Darkness Into Life” pastel on board 50cm x 150cm It was important to begin somewhere in my journey over the last 15 years of my art making so I decided to start here. Influenced by Chiaroscuro – a form of lighting that creates dramatic effects. Artists: Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Bill Henson (who inspired this […]