As a visual artist I experience my environment through, not only my eyes, but all my senses. I love to play with details and collect ephemera. On a personal level creating art is my act of worship, experiencing the grace and glory of God.
In my work for several exhibitions, I was influenced by bush renewal after fire, as well as personal memories and history represented in vintage books, old doilies, and sheet music. When I observe destruction or decay in the world, I also see beauty. Artist and writer Makoto Fujimura wrote: “Beauty is a gratuitous gift of the creator God; it finds its source and its purpose in God’s character. God, out of his gratuitous love, created a world he did not need because he is an artist.”
Along with seeking to portray the beauty of our Blue Mountains landscape, my desire is to encourage you, the viewer, to look carefully at all the detail in the landscape we see every day, as painter Degas said, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see”.
“Take Notice” 2021 Charcoal and oil on linen 305 x 405 mm $430
“Casuarina and Lace” 2021 Charcoal and oil on linen 305 x 405 mm $430
“Leaves and memories” 2021 Charcoal and oil on linen305 x 405 mm $430
“Bush rebirth at narrow neck” Lino print on rice paper with pink Japanese paper chine collé
“Burnt memorabilia” 2021 Charcoal and oil on linen 305 x 405 mm $430
“Renewal Narrow Neck” Lino print on rice paper 790/460mm
“Renewal Narrow Neck” Colour lino print 790/460mm framed (SOLD) unframed available $450
“Pink from ashes (rocky)” Lino print, hand coloured on rice paper unframed $500
“Pink from ashes (rocky)” Lino print, hand coloured on rice paper with pink chine collé, 610/790mm Framed $720
“Smokey Memories” 2021 Charcoal and oil on linen
detail of ‘A walk in the garden’ Concertina book SOLD
“Lindsay's walk” Watercolour on cyanotype 450/370mm framed (SOLD)
“Warm Grevillea” Monotype and watercolour 420/410 mm framed $425
“Soft grevillea observed” W/c on monoprint, bamboo paper
420/410mm framed $425
“Lawson Falls walk” Collage of pastel, tea bog, w/c and frottage on Fabriano 530/470mm framed $450
“Emma’s Tree” Oil on Canvas 440 x 330mm Framed $440
“Renewal Narrow Neck” Ghost Colour lino print 790/460mm
“Bush rebirth at narrow neck” Lino Print on silk 520/730mm framed $700
“Cicada moments” Cicada wings on rusted metal in a handwoven basket with driftwood and handmade paper $65
“Sonata VI” W/c on monoprint on vintage sheet music 470/630 mm framed (SOLD)
“Bush serenade” Cyanotype and Gelli print on sheet music
470/650mm. Framed $600
R “Smokey grevillea observed” Pastel on monoprint, Fabriano paper 540/760mm framed $670 (SOLD)
‘Around the bush’ Cylinder book of stitched circle printed elements $50
Detail of : ‘Nestled ‘ and ‘Regeneration’
MOMENTS OBSERVED
“Bushfire ephemera” Nestled basket of handmade papers & burnt ephemera $50 (front)
“Old and New” Concertina, book of ephemera, cyanotype on pages of my Grandad's book $65. (behind)
Front :’ Nestled “ Cyanotype vintage book pages with birds in a handwoven basket twisted Bangalow palm $50
Back : Is it a dreamDriftwood, Bangalow palm, Crimson Rosella feathers & cyanotype of vintage sheets music $50
Right : ‘Regeneration’ Hand-bound hexagon folded book from linoprint. (SOLD)