My daily creative practice is collage. Why do I make these simple collages every day? I believe art helps us make sense of our own lives so that we can navigate the greater world, every day.
Read MoreDraining water from the rusted fire pit with its amazing mandala pattern.
Start, somewhere
Day three of of an artistic collaboration between myself and two other artist friends where we explored print making, starting with no preconceived ideas of where the day’s making would take us.
Read MoreDaily Collage 20-05-2019
Turning Up
Turning up to your art practice is a commitment to yourself and your art. Even when you don’t feel like it, this routine ensures you are always productive in a small way every day.
Read MoreOnce upon a time when Grandma & Grandpa lived on the farm…….
Storytelling
How are we defined by the stories we tell about ourselves? How do we want others to perceive us? Stories about ourself are powerful and liberating.
Read MoreThe Whale and I (detail) 2010
Stitching
Stitching by hand is a meditative process connecting me to my matrilineal heritage. This Mother’s Day I muse on stitching and my mother.
Read MoreThe house where I grew up in Beaumaris - it has since been removed and a new house built in its place.
Home sweet
Where is home? Is it a place, bricks & mortar or a notion you carry within you, transportable, a place to hang your hat.
Read MoreThe ‘other ‘ rock, Mt Connor.
Red Centre
A journey to the ‘other’ rock, Mt Connor, in the heart of Australia’s red centre.
Read MoreObsolescences (detail) - from the series of post colonial blueprints
Blueprints
Writing new narratives for change with a series of post colonial blueprints or cyanotypes created during my artist residency in central Australia
Read MoreFootprints
A desert interlude in Curtain Springs, central Australia for a papermaking residency allows me time to ponder my footprints upon the red earth and how we honour this life of ours.
Read MorePaper screen, clay on paper and embroidery thread as my inspiration.
Start here
Clay and paper experiments to further an artistic collaborative project gives me inspiration for my upcoming residency in Central Australia.
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