Early Work (2012 - 2021)
I’ve selected early works that are from the first decade of my practice, shown between 2012 and 2021. My first body of work The View of The Free People, 2012 was shown at cafes, bars and the University of Newcastle student gallery, Watt Space. My influences were broad and the result was a mix of oil portraits, ink landscapes and photographs together in a salon hang.
From 2013- 2018 the work shifted to an interest in my surroundings. While in Sydney I created Nosey Bob works and urban beach landscapes, which were shown at Bondi Pavilion. I went on trips to the desert, did a residency in Byron Bay and explored Asia, the later influencing Ideals, shown at Sheffer Gallery and The New Standard.
Relocating to the Mid-North Coast influenced a new journey, Utopian Dialogue was shown at Kunstervein at the end of 2018 and involved my lifestyle, surroundings and feeling. I responded to the catastrophic bushfire season of 2019 in works Noah’s Ark and Extinction before moving to painting lone figure in the landscape works.
1000 Years, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 1400 x 1200mm
The Painter's Room (After Lucian Frued), 2019, Oil on Polyester, 1500 x 1400mm
Transcend, 2020, Oil on Polyester, 1500 x 1400mm
Figure in Landscape, 2020, Oil on Polyester, 600 x 500mm
Reflection in Landscape, 2018, Oil on Polyester, 1170 x 1370mm
Entangle, Life Cycle, 2018, Oil on Polyester, 1120 x 920mm
Utopian Search, 2018, Oil on Polyester, 660 x 510mm
Utopian Search II, 2018, Oil on Polyester, 660 x 510mm
Behind Crystal Waterfall, 2014, Ink and Synthetic Polymer Paint on Paper, 350 x 255mm
Modern Pagans, 2016, Ink, Synthetic Polymer Paint and gouache on Paper, 570 x 480mm
Gondwana Rainforest, 2014 – 2016, Ink, Synthetic Polymer Paint on Paper, 565 x 380mm
Crystal Waterfall, 2014, Ink and Synthetic Polymer Paint on Paper, 380 x 285mm
Searching for transcending light. 2017, mixed media on Paper, 420 x 450mm
Utopianistic Dialogue, 2018, Ink on Paper, 490 x390mm
Ying and Yang, 2016, Ink on Paper, 250 x 175mm
Figure and Palm, 2016, Ink on Paper, 250 x 175mm
Paradise’s Uncomfortable Reality, 2015, Ink on Paper, 750 x 525mm (9 panels)
Bagan Biker, 2016, Ink on Paper, 250 x 175mm
Saunter,2018, Ink on Paper, 500 x 580mm
Noaksy Drinking Tea out of a Baked Bean Tin, 2015, Ink on Paper, 250 x 175mm
Figure with Warm Campfire and Cold Beer, 2015, Ink on Paper, 250 x 175mm
Figure in Storm, 2015, Ink on Paper, 250 x 175mm
Wearing a leaf cloak to ensure Obscurity, 2017, Ink on Paper, 250 x 175mm
Desertion, 2020, Oil on Polyester, 1010 x 700mm
Island Duet, 2019, Oil on Polyester, 1500 x 1400mm
Extinction, 2019, Oil on Polyester, 1500 x 1400mm
Figure with Flower, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 600 x 500mm
Flowers and Snake Oddity, 2016, Oil on Board and Frame, 680 x 680mm
Figure with Flowers, 2021, Ink on Paper, 250 x 190mm
Vessel in deconstructed landscape, 2019, Oil on Polyester, 600 x 500mm
Soundscape (After Matisse) 2020, Oil on Polyester, 1050 x 950mm
Microsleep, 2017, Oil on Canvas, 800 x 700mm
Pelagic Being, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 1050 x 950mm
The Painter's Room (After Ian Fairweather), 2020, Oil on Polyester, 1050 x 950mm
Figure in Landscape i, 2020, Oil on Polyester, 600 x 500mm
Music for a new World, 2013, Oil on Board, 1000 x 1000mm
Noah's Ark 2020, Oil on Polyester, 1500 x 14000mm
Searching, 2020, Ink on Paper, 380 x 290mm
Corner Country Flood, 2014, Oil on Canvas, 400 x 400mm
Afternoon Desert Brew, 2014, Oil on Canvas, 400 x 400mm
Chance Meeting, 2017, Ink on Paper 370 x 280mm
Desert Car, 2016, Ink on Paper 270 x 150mm
Mungo, 2016, Ink on Paper 270 x 150mm
Feral Cat, 2016, Ink on Paper 270 x 150mm
Van at White Cliffs, 2014, Mixed Media on Paper, 580 x 760mm
White Cliffs, 2014, Mixed Media on Paper, 580 x 760mm
Nosey Bob with Shark, 2016, Oil on Canvas, 1170 x 1370mm
Nosey Bob Leisure Hour, 2017 oil on canvas, 1020 x 1220mm
Nosey Bob, 2014, Oil on Board, 450 x 300mm
North Bondi, 2014, Ink on Paper, 560 x 380mm