Born 1964, Victoria

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

2015      Grad Dip of Ed, La Trobe University, Shepparton, VIC
2000      Diploma of Visual Art, RMIT, Melbourne 

1987      Bachelor of Economics, ANU, Canberra

1982      HSC, Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, VIC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018      ‘Gatehouse Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne

2017      ‘Port Jackson Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney

2016      ‘Painting the bay’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne

2015      ’10 months at The George’, The Gallery, St Kilda Town Hall.
2014      ‘Shipping Views’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
2013       ‘Harbour Views’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney

2012       ‘Adrift’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne

2011       ‘Going with the Tide’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne

2010       ‘Working Harbour’, Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney

2009       ‘Port Phillip Bay - Points of View’, Australian Galleries, Derby St.
2008       ‘Images of Port Phillip Bay and Other Small Works’, Impressions
                 on Paper Gallery, Canberra
                ‘Five trips to Sydney’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
2007       ‘Lone voyage’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street Melbourne
2005       ‘Maritime’, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney
                ‘New works’, Australian Galleries Salon, Melbourne   
                ‘The Shipping Lane’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
​2004       ‘Harbour Traffic’, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2002       ‘Looking out to Sea’, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2001       ‘Passing Trade’, Mass Gallery , Melbourne

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017       ‘Sculpture: medium and small scale – Mixed Sculptors’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2014       ‘one of each’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
               ‘100 year Art Exhibition’, Geelong Grammar, Corio, VIC                                                                                                                         2012       ‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street
                'Sea of Dreams', Port Phillip Bay 1915-2013 (Part Two), MPRG, Mornington                                                                                    2011       ‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Roylston
                Street, Sydney and Derby Street, Melbourne

2010      ‘Artists’ Prints made with Integrity’, Australian Galleries, Smith
                Street, Melbourne
2007       ‘Small Pleasures’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture,
                Melbourne
2006       ‘50th Anniversary Exhibition’, 5th June, Australian Galleries,
                Melbourne
2004       ‘Pocket Sized’, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney
                ‘Art on the Rocks’, The Rocks, Sydney
2000        RMIT Project Space - Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne

PRIZES & AWARDS

2018        Finalist, Tattersalls Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
2017        Finalist, Sydney King School Art Prize Exhibition, Sydney
2013        Finalist, Manningham City Council Ceramic Award, Melbourne
2012        Winner, Printmaking Prize, Waverley Art Prize, Woollahra, NSW
2010        Winner, Mayor’s Prize, Waverley Art Prize, Woollahra, NSW
2009        Finalist, ’R. & M. McGivern Art Prize’, Maroondah Art Gallery
2007        Winner, ANL Maritime Art Prize, Melbourne
                 Finalist,’The City of Whyalla Art Prize’, Whyalla, SA
2006        Finalist, Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Exhibition, SA
2002        Finalist, ’Mosman Art Prize’, Sydney




ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2017        Police Point, Quarantine Station, Portsea, VIC

2016        Albert Park College in association with VICT, Webb Dock.
2015        Wesley College, Glen Waverley, VIC

                The George, St Kilda, Melbourne
, VIC
2014        Julia Street Art Space, Portland, VIC
2013        Sydney Ports, Moore’s Wharf, Sydney, NSW
2012        Geelong Grammar School, Corio, VIC
                 The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
2009        Bundanon Trust, Nowra, NSW

COLLECTIONS

Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne

Bundanon Trust, West Cambewarra, NSW

City of Port Phillip Art Collection 
City of Whitehorse Art Collection, Nunawading, VIC 
Geelong Grammar School Art Collection, Geelong, VIC
Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

The Australia Club, Sydney

The Print Council of Australia, Melbourne

Wollongong Regional Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Wollongong University Art Collection, Wollongong, NSW

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Crawford, Ashley; Going with the Tide, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2011
​Field, Caroline; Lone voyage, catalogue essay, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2007

Grishin, Sasha; Review; The Canberra Times, 5 August 2008

Nelson, Robert; Review, The Age, Melbourne, 7 February 2007
Reid, Christine; News from the Shipping Lane, Victorian Lifestyle, January/ February 2006