I am a Sydney based oil painter, slightly obsessed with interiors. Born in South Africa, I have been calling Australia home for the past 20 years. My artwork reveals a fascination with concepts of Home and Belonging, and my experience as immigrant navigating the process of integration and settling, lies at the heart of my art practice. Integral to the process of home-making, was spending regular time in the Australian bush, studying the rich Australian flora. I fell in love with the beauty of the waratah flower, and to my delight discovered that the iconic South African protea, and the quintessential Australian waratah both belong to the Proteaceae family! The intention of my artwork is to integrate the personal home interior with the exterior, natural world. I am interested in the fringes and deliberately merge the lines between the outside and inside, inviting the viewer to explore a narrative where facts and fiction, past and present, meet and settle. I think of my work as snapshots of endless possibilities to connect, reframe, make sense of our lives and dream about the future.
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Exhibitions:
2024 Stories and Stitches - The Shop Gallery, Glebe NSW, with ceramicist Clare Unger
2024 Home Delivery: an exhibition of houses inspired art, with Purple Noon Gallery, Windsor, NSW
2024 The Affordable Art Fair, Singapore, with The Toowoomba Gallery, QLD
2024 The Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne, with The Toowoomba Gallery, QLD
2024 The Affordable Art Fair, Sydney, with The Toowoomba Gallery, QLD
2024 The Affordable Art Fair, Brisbane, with The Toowoomba Gallery, QLD
2024 The Grammar Art Show, Toowoomba, QLD
2023 The Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne, with The Toowoomba Gallery, QLD
2023/2 Group Shows - Rochfort Gallery, Sydney NSW
2022 Tails and Fables - Solo Show at Purple Noon Gallery, Windsor NSW
2022 Pattern and Place - The Shop Gallery, Glebe NSW, with ceramicist Clare Unger
2022 The Affordable Art Fair, Sydney, with Rochfort Gallery, Sydney NSW
2022 Contemporary Collective - Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell NSW
2022 At The Table - Grainger Gallery, Canberra ACT
2021 Objets de la Vie - Grainger Gallery, Canberra ACT
2021 Summer Salon - Purple Noon Gallery, Windsor NSW
2021 Contemporary Still Life - Inverell Art Gallery, Inverell NSW
2020 Artists at Home - Rochfort Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019 Bloody Beautiful - Rochfort Gallery, Sydney NSW
Finalist:
2024 The Inty Art Prize
2024 The Grammar 150 Art Prize
2023 Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award - Salon De Refuses
2023 The Next Big Thing Art Prize
2021 National Capital Art Prize
2021 Stanthorpe Art Prize
2020 Mosman Art Prize
2020 Gosford Art Prize
2020 BAM Art Prize
2020 Northern Beaches Art Prize
2019 Hunters Hill Art Prize
2019 Hornsby Art Prize
Collections:
Works held in private collections nationally and internationally
Education and Training:
2018 Understanding and Applying Colour - Dr David Briggs, National Art School, Sydney NSW
2019 Painting the figure from life - Sally Ryan, Dairy Creative, Bathurst NSW
2015 Portraiture - Cherry Hood, Goulburn, NSW
1996-2000 Ronzwa Art School, Johannesburg, South Africa
Qualifications:
1992 Honours degree in Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
1991 Secondary Education Diploma, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
1990 Bachelors of Arts majoring in Mathematics, English and Afrikaans, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Teaching experience:
2024 Guest lecturer Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society, Turramurra, Sydney NSW
2022 Guest lecturer Hornsby Art Society, Hornsby, Sydney NSW
2019 Guest lecturer Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society, Turramurra, Sydney NSW
2018 Guest lecturer Lane Cove Art Society, Lane Cove, Sydney NSW
2010-2021 Teaching at my studio in St Ives, Sydney NSW