While working in London I studied part-time with the prestigious Chelsea College of Art & Design for a BA (Hons) Fine Art: Practice and Theory of Visual Art. At the time my interest lay in abstract paintings although I had always had a love for architecture. During this period I undertook commissions for realist paintings for private clients and architectural drawings of historical buildings and interiors for The British Academy.
Gradually colour theory became a fascination and after graduating I spent the next two years studying colour theory, exploring the makeup of pigments in commercial oil colours and experimenting with both in realist paintings of landscapes and flowers.
Returning to Australia 2007 I joined the OMSA group of artists, and with encouragement and guidance from the Director, Madeleine Ekeblad, my first love for painting pure abstracts in oils has finally come to the fore.
LONDON
Exhibitions
2006 (Open) The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset
1998-2004 Held yearly Open Studio days
2001 Chelsea College of Art & Design
2000 Candid Arts Trust Gallery (Group)
1997 Atrium Gallery (Group)
Teaching
2005-2007 Art Tutor - Private clients
1996-1997 Art & Crafts Tutor for Westminster College
Commissions
2000 NADFAS Amend architectural drawings for book - ‘Inside Churches’ (National Association for Decorative and Fine Art Societies)
1998-9 British Academy Drawings - of buildings and of interior architecture
1998 Private client Drawings - of interior architecture
1997 British Academy Drawings - of village buildings for book cover
1996 Private client painting
AUSTRALIA
Commissions
2007-8 Private client painting
Exhibited
2008 King of Cakes, St Lucia; La Plaz Café Bar, CBD (Brisbane)
Indooroopilly Library
