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About my art practice and history
My art practice is centred around making acrylic paintings and monotype prints. Monotypes are one off, unique, works on paper. I use a gelatin plate and gouache to achieve a very layered textured effect. I mainly use the Australian landscape as my inspiration and interpret it, not through photographs, but through my intuition. After living in the rural area of Dungog for the past 7 years I have absorbed the key elements of the landscape. My large acrylic paintings reflect this emotional attachment. I also use a photo transfer and encaustic process that allows me to achieve different effects according to the project on hand.
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Education
2021 Statement of Attainment in Bush Regeneration (TAFE NSW)
2009 Certificate IV Training & Assessment, MW Training
2008 Certificate in Art Therapy (CECAT)
2001 Master of Education (Mathematics) University of Newcastle.
2000 Master of Teaching (Visual Arts) University of Sydney
1990 Bachelor of Arts University of Sydney (Fine Arts & History)
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Finalist
2014 Meroogal Women's Art Prize, Nowra
2014 Gosford Art Prize
2014 Muswellbrook Photographic Prize
2013 Broken Hill Outback Prize
2013 Muswellbrook Art Prize
2013 CPM Print Award, Murwillumbah
2011 CPM Print Award, Murwillumbah
2010 Kilgour Prize for Contemporary Figurative Painting, Newcastle Regional Gallery
2010 Muswellbrook Photographic Award
2009 Gosford Art Prize
2009 Muswellbrook Art Prize
2009 CPM Print Award, Murwillumbah
2008 Newcastle Emerging Artist Award
Award
2022 Dungog Art Society - First Local Prize
2018 Dungog Art Society, First in Miniature
2013 Singleton Art prize,, Highly Commended
2008 Port Macquarie Art Society Easter Prize 1st Prize Printmaking
2008 Port Macquarie Art Society Easter Prize Highly Commended
2007 Art in the Vines, Broke Highly Commended
1999 Centre of Contemporary Crafts “Outstanding Achievement in Visual Art Education.”
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Solo/Dual Exhibitions
2022 Chichester Catchment , Straitjacket Gallery, Newcastle
2017 Red Gold, the Cedar Story, Janet Clayton , Sydney and Gallery 139, Newcastle
2016 Coal Dusted, Gallery 139, Newcastle, Solo
2015 Lino and Lace Gallery 139, Newcastle Solo
2014 Mirrored in the Earth Gosford Regional Gallery Solo
2014 And the Earth Breathes Too Muswellbrook Regional Gallery Solo
2011 Under the Influence, Greenway Gallery, Morpeth (with Jeanne Harrison)
2010 Wide Wastes of Scrub and Plain, Headland Gallery, Mosman (with Rebecca Rath)
2010 Memory Field, Art Systems Wickham (with Fiona Brandes)
2009 Painting Life , Wollombi Cultural Centre, Wollombi (solo)
2008 Nature’s Palette, Wollombi Cultural Centre (with Rebecca Rath)
International Exhibitions
2011 Agora Gallery, Chelsea ,New York, Art from Australia and Beyond
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Represented in Newcastle by Straitjacket Gallery, Broadmeadow
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