I trained in drawing at Prahran College of Advanced Education, and believe that this is evident in my practice with an emphasis on the process of mark making and my aim to capture the essence of the subject, time and place.

In my third solo exhibition, Transition/Transformation I aim to interpret the landscape in a series of paintings and accompanying ceramic forms. These landscapes are reflections on places I have visited and frequently returned to, places of personal significance but also often historical and cultural importance.

Estuaries, lake edges and tidal shores in East Gippsland are explored through careful observation in situ, and documented through photographs and sketches. Sometimes these are more remote locations only accessible by boat. Back in the studio, this initial research becomes the inspiration for further interpretation and translation.

A recent trip to Bothwell, Tasmania resulted in new inspiration and a series of paintings. Following in the tradition of colonial artists in particular John Glover and Eugene Von Guerard, and more recently contemporary artists, who were inspired by the same vicinity, I have produced a series of riverbanks and escarpments of the Clyde River.

My artwork reveals the permanence and impermanence of nature as it changes over time, transitions and transforms. I have created pictures of transient moments; twisted tea trees collapse into water, a tree is submerged, water levels ebb and flow or inundate the shore, sunlight shimmers across the surface of the river, a duck swims by. Through these interpretations I hope to evoke an emotional response in the viewer.

I'd like to thank Ben Gurvich from Benzen Video Productions for collaborating on the soundscape in the exhibition, and special thanks to Nik Greig for the framing of my works.