Profile

Education

1968-69
Diploma of Art Education

1965-67
Diploma of Design-National Art School Sydney

Recent Studies 

2023
Mexico Printmaking, Hugo Anya in Guanajuato 

2022
Ross River-Idris Murphy
Flinders Ranges Arkaroola -Ross Laurie
France -Study tour

2021
Workshops in Wild Places (stays home) - Janice Mason-Steeves  

2020
Mark making - Lorna Crane (Online)
Floribunda - Emily Ball (Online)     

2019
Workshop - Tim Allen at Orange Botanic Gardens

2018
Workshop with Idris Murphy & Ross Laurie - Quorrabolong, Hunter Valley
Workshop with Debbie Mackinnon on Lord Howe Island

2017
Oil & Cold Wax Rebecca Crowell (USA) in NZ

2015
Drawing - Charles Sturt University- Bathurst - Denis Clarke
Painting - St.George TAFE Kogarah - Idris Murphy
Printmaking - Stuart Town - Tim Winters

2014
Printmaking Orange TAFE
Art Study tour of Ireland & France

2013
Art study tour - Cambodia - Wendy Sharpe 

2012
Art study tour - Tasmania - Elisabeth Cummings
Study of Contemporary Art in New York-Kathleen Madden (Sothebys)     

2011
Art study - Hill End - Luke Sciberras

Solo Exhibitions 

2025
Landscape Dialogues - Little Magpie Gallery, Cowra 

2022
Layered Landscapes - Orange Regional Gallery 

2021
Wetlands & Waterways - Art Gallery on Darling in Balmain, Sydney

2019
Notes from the Wetlands - Peisley Street Gallery, Orange

2011
Towac & Tuscany - Mercedes Benz Showroom, Orange

2008
Reef, Rainforest & Beyond, Orange

2006
En Provence, Orange

2005
Colours of Australia in France

2004
Colours of the Kimberley, Orange

Group Exhibitions  

2025

Inside this Box-Corner Store Gallery,Orange -Finalist

2024
Here Now - Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
Winner of Spirit of Place Art Award - Little Magpie Gallery, Cowra
Finalist in Spirit of Place Art Award - Little Magpie Gallery, Cowra
Finalist in Regional Landscape Prize, The Corner Store Gallery
Cabonne Art Prize (Selection)
Bloom - Peisley Sreet Gallery, Orange
A Love Affair With Line - Little Magpie Gallery, Cowra 

2023
Lineage - Peisley Street Gallery, Orange
Embedded - Gympie Regional Gallery
Here, Now - Orange Regional Gallery

2022
Here, Now - Orange Regional Gallery
Landscape Prize - Corner Store Gallery, Orange
Landscape - Purple Noon Gallery, Hawkesbury

2021
Inside this Box - Corner Store Gallery, Orange

2020
Mosman 2088 Exhibition (Selection)
On the Wall - Peisley Street Gallery, Orange
Abstraction - Corner Store Gallery, Orange (Selection)
8 x 10 Show - Corner Store Gallery, Orange (Selection)
Home - Corner Store Gallery - Orange (Selection)

2019
8 x 10 Show Corner Store Gallery, Orange (Selection)
Harvest Peisley Street Gallery, Orange (Invitation)
Landscape Corner Store Gallery, Orange(Selection)
Here, Now Orange Regional Gallery
Fire it Up ORAF Building 86, Orange
Postcard Show - Fred Hollows Foundation - ME Art Space, Sydney

2018

Here,Now Orange Regional Gallery
Terroir Peisley Street Gallery - Orange

2017

100km Exhibition - Orange Regional Gallery
Flavour of the Tropics Cairns (Printmaking) by Selection
Partners in Print - Cairns (By Selection)
Calleen Art Award - Cowra Regional Gallery - Finalist 
Partners in Print with Sydney Printmakers @Janet Clayton

2016
The 2800 Postcode Show - Orange Regional Gallery 

2014
Art’s Back - Orange TAFE - Printmaking

2013
Southern Exposure - Form Studio & Gallery - Queanbeyan
Art Alfresco - Orange Regional Gallery (invitation)

2011
100KM Exhibition - Orange Regional Gallery
Art Alfresco (invitation) Orange Regional Gallery

2010
Momentum - Kick Arts Contemporary - Cairns
Artists in the North - Tanks, Cairns
Le Salon - Cairns Regional Gallery (invitation)

2009
Line - Kick Arts Contemporary, Cairns
Art Alfresco Orange Regional (invitation) Peoples Choice
Cairns Art Prize - Cairns Regional Gallery (finalist)
Artists in the North - Tanks, Cairns
Chalk & Cheese - Gallery123 Orange (Pop Up gallery)

2008
Cairns Art Prize - Cairns Regional Gallery (Finalist)
Kick Arts Contemporary Cairns - Big
Cairns Regional Gallery - Hidden Treasures (invitation)
Artists in the North - Tanks, Cairns
Cairns Art Fair - The Pier, Cairns

2007
Art Alfresco Orange Regional Gallery - Peoples Choice
Cairns Art Prize, Cairns Regional Gallery - Finalist
Flight - Kick Arts Contemporary, Cairns
Artists in the North - Tanks, Cairns

Collections

Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, France, Spain, Canada & USA

Residencies

2023
Self Residency, Palm Cove - Lilies & Dragon Flies

2023
Self Residency, Palm Cove - In the Tropics

2022
Residency at Kelton Plain in Monaro
Self Residency, Palm Cove - Wetlands & Mangrove Swamps

2018
Australia at Curtin Springs in Northern Territory (Mt.Conner)  

Workshops

2025
Sticks Will Talk (Workshop 2) - Toad Hall, Orange

2024
Sticks Will Talk (Workshop 1) - Toad Hall, Orange

2023
Unfolding Landscapes with Debbie McKinnon, Gympie Regional Gallery 

2022
Unfolding Landscapes, Orange Regional Gallery

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