My Art practice has taken me on many varied paths. In the early stages, I was fascinated by the tactile nature of fibre, thread and textiles. This led into large Sculptural commissions, 3D works and installations, using varied materials from woven stainless steel to perspex and industrial felt. These works often dealt with landscape and the human connection to Place and identity. Thread as a metaphor of connection and belonging plays a large role in most of my art works. I see society woven together, each thread separate but belonging to a whole. I have recently returned to the North Coast after four busy years away undertaking an Honours Degree in Fine Arts at Newcastle University, I am currently painting again, Inspired by the magnificent forests of our region.’
Born Lancashire England.
Education
Art and Craft certificate – North Adelaide School of Art South Australia.
Art History – Monash University Victoria
Fine Art certificate – printmaking TAFE Kempsey NSW
Certificate in fashion headwear – TAFE Coffs Harbour. NSW
Advanced certificate in fashion retail – TAFE Kempsey. NSW
Certificate IV in workplace training and assessor cat 2 – Nambucca. NSW
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) University of Newcastle – NSW.
Selected Exhibitions.
1998 Women in art in focus, Coffs harbour NSW
2000 Postcards, Images of the 20th century’ Fairfield city Museum, NSW
2001 Seelands Grafton NSW
2001 Big Bold, small and exquisite Fairfield city Museum, NSW
2002 Camp Creative Tutors Show, My other Passion gallery, Bellingen, NSW
2002 The Animal State, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree, NSW
2002 Boxed W.A.P.A. Western Australia2003 Photographic Show, Watt Space, Newcastle. NSW
2003 AquaSculpture . Sculpture by the Hastings River
2004 Art Hunter 1. Art Tourist, Watt Space Gallery Newcastle
2004 Footprints, John Paynter Gallery. Newcastle NSW
2004 Japan Japan Watt Space. Newcastle.NSW
2004 Postcards of Newcastle, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle. NSW
2005 Small, Back to Back Gallery. Newcastle. NSW.
Group Exhibitions.
1990-1998 Eungai Art Show Eungai NSW
1991-1998 Australian Craft Show Sydney and Brisbane
1992 Wearable Art Show Canberra ACT
1993 International Women’s Day Kempsey NSW
1993-1998 Glenaeon Steiner School Art Expo Sydney NSW
1996,1997 Bowral Steiner School Art Expo Bowral NSW
1999 Easter Ecstasy Macksville NSW
2001 NAB, Kempsey Shire Council Prize Kempsey NSW
2001 Threads of Life The old Lodge gallery Gladston, NSW
2001 Maitland Tertiary award Maitland, NSW
2003 Surface Tension Watt Space student gallery, Newcastle, NSW
2004 ABC Challenge Field Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Solo Exhibitions.
2003 Tree Bark and Shedding The Pit Watt Space Gallery Newcastle NSW.
2004 A sense of Stillness The Long room Watt Space Gallery Newcastle. NSW
2004 Ladders of Red The Loading Dock Watt Space Gallery Newcastle. NSW
2005 Contained Rocket-Art Newcastle,
Awards / Achievements.
2003 Windmill Trust Scholarship, overseen by NAVA
2003 Maitland Tertiary Art Award
2003 Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, participation – Nanatsugama, Japan,
2004 Joe Punchin Memorial Sculpture Award, University of Newcastle
2005 Kempsey Shire Art Prize. Sculpture Section
2005 Bowraville Art Exhibition, Photography Award.
Professional associations.
Member of NAVA. (National Association of Visual Arts).
