Tom Carment’s “Womerah Lane”
I used the excuse of a recent significant birthday to treat myself to the just- released memoir by Tom Carment, Womerah Lane: lives and landscapes. I think of Carment's paintings as honest and faithful - both to his subject and to his process. Most often...
IAVA Art Sale at Clifton School of Arts
Lovely to be exhibiting at Clifton School of Arts in the summer time. It's a fabulous venue, with that sparkling ocean view from all windows. This weekend there are cut-throat prices on everything. I'm showing with Lara Seresin, Mary Wingrave, Judy Bourke,...
ALL WELCOME TO MY PLACE
After planning for most of the year, finally it's time to invite you all over. I'm holding an Open Studio and Art Sale... It's basically a little solo show, but I've raided the store room (now THAT was scary) and pulled out lots of older works, available for -...
Community in action: Scarborough Art Show 2019
This is a fabulous annual fundraiser for Scarborough Public School. The Scarborough Art Show makes a whole heap of money by doing a whole heap of hard work. Everyone enters work in the show, and thousands of people go through over the weekend. There's also live music...
Love your work – group exhibition coming up
YAY! I just love to exhibit with people whose work I admire. Mission accomplished... I'll be exhibiting with Jennifer Jackson, Liz Jeneid, Susan McAlister, Julie Donnelly and Mary Wingrave. SVES is a lovely, light filled space and it's great to be showing there...
Winter exhibition at Camden
Well, this is nice. A new opportunity has arisen for me through Nan Howard at Camden Fine Art Gallery. The Gallery doesn't have a permanent shop front any more: rather, Nan conducts 'pop-up' style shows throughout the year at Camden Civic Centre. Apart from my...
Thread IV @ Red Point Gallery
Yep, it's on again! I'm delighted to be exhibiting with Julie Brockenshire, Liz Trujillo, Anne-Marie Hayes and Gail Wistow in this fourth iteration of the Thread series. Art is the thread that binds us.... Paintings, drawings, ceramic figures and installation -...
Wanting
John Olsen, The tree of life, oil on canvas, 152 x 182cm Wynne Prize Finalist 2018 I know I'm not alone when I express a desire to be included, just once, in a major exhibition. Something like the Wynne Prize or the Mosman Art Prize. These exhibitions...
MASTERS OF MODERN ART FROM THE HERMITAGE
These big shows overwhelm me. Apart from the audience crowds there's the celebrity of the artworks themselves, with their big, colourful personalities. Indeed, it’s colour (and at the end, its absence) that really is this show’s theme. Summer blockbusters are...
The creative
Choose your own path, 2018 mixed media on A5 paper It took a long time before I realised that one must answer the call to create. Not just when I felt like it. Not just when I felt inspired or had time. There is a respect that must be paid to...