Spring 1881, Melbourne 2016 with PAULNACHE

This art fair took place in the Winsor Hotel in central Melbourne. Galleries took over rooms to present curated exhibitions – ours in the Victoria Suite. On the final day, for dramatic effect we decided to create a tableaux with a central “Trump Desk” surrounded by the chaos of a trashed hotel room. Little did we know that this accurately presaged the election of Trump by a few months…

FEATURED EXHIBITION ARTWORKS

Title: 15th October 2021

February 18, 2022

This painting was the centrepiece of Trip Hazard (2021), and marked a fresh approach for me. I sought to put more space into the paintings, to empty out the detail yet retain the surface complexity.

Title: 10th September 2021

February 18, 2022

Small paintings are often more powerful than their size. This painting is a rough and ready combination of scratchy lines and scumbled colours, yet manages a sweetness with its marshmallow pink centre – oh so yummy!

Title: 18th June 2021

February 18, 2022

I don’t usually describe my work as muscular, but the bold, red, calligraphic gesture at the centre of this painting asserts itself unashamedly.

Title: Summer 2021

November 1, 2021

I started work on this project just as borders began closing, and finished it in late summer as the vaccinations began.

Largest work to date 28th April 2023

September 26, 2023

My exhibition No Straight Lines at Te Where Toi o Heretaunga Hastings City Art Gallery provided the opportunity to negotiate with its Main Gallery, the largest un-poled space in the Southern Hemisphere.

Creative Matters Podcast

September 26, 2023

Whether you’re out for a stroll or need some aural distraction while working, you can now listen to me in conversation with Mandy Jakich at her lovely Muriwai studio for Creative Matters.

Exquisite Colours collaboration with Schmincke

September 26, 2023

My collaboration with renown German paint manufacturer Schmincke in 2022, designing the palette of colours for a Ultimate Mixing Set of Horadam Watercolours, was so successful that they asked me to devise a new set for 2023.