The  painter Paul Klee once said that drawing is simply 'taking a line for a walk'. If the same idea could be applied to painting, substitute  'colour' for 'line'. I often stand in front of the blank canvas and wonder what journey I am about to begin. Not always, but I often have no preconceived idea, no drawing-nothing but the spontaneous first random selection of brush and paint, then I start working it onto the canvas and see where it leads me.  

There is a whole universe out there, and another one inside-the Landscapes of the mind fascinate me. I seem to drift in and out of these atmospheric images as I paint. There are often no solid objects, because that implies a physical connection. I wander through these layers in my mind as I paint, and each painting takes it's own course. I try to use transparent layers to explain these images, so there are no solid objects and the depth is infinite. 

Other paintings have their quiet messages. Paintings are like a diary to me, just as my sketch book is. They record fleeting moments, moods, impressions and lifelong passions, and everyone of them is as important to me as breathing.

Solo Exhibitions

Gasworks Park Gallery, Pt. Melb. Vic. 2006                 Malua Bay Art Gallery, Batemans Bay, N.S.W., 1991

Books Illustrated Gallery, Pt. Melb. Vic. 1995              Artist Proof Gallery,  Richmond, Vic. 1989

Reflections Gallery, E. Malvern, Vic. 1994                     Doncaster Art Gallery, Doncaster, Vic. 1988

Reflections Gallery, E. Malvern, Vic. 1992                     Artist Proof Gallery,  Richmond, Vic. 1987

Group Exhibitions

Malua Bay Fine Art Gallery  in N.S.W.; Blaxland Gallery, N.S.W.; McCLelland Regional Art Gallery, Victoria; Mornington Regiona Art Gallery, Victoria; Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, N.S.W.; Gallery Two, Launceston, Tasmania; Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, Victoria; Reflections Gallery, Victoria; Artist Proof Gallery, Victoria.  

Represented in collections in Beijing, China; Quebec, Canada; Japan, Indonesia, Korea, North America and Australia.

Details on request.

Mural and Painting Commissions

Market Solutions, Melbourne, Paintings, 2006

Victorian Power Exchange Mural, Collins Street, Melbourne, 1997

National Bank-National Financial Management,  Melbourne, paintings, 1996

Australian Country Export (Consortium of Qld. Export Group), paintings 1995

Bunyip Nominees, Melbourne, Paintings. 1993

Victorian Association for Environmental Education, paintings, 1992

Stirling Images, Quebec, Canada, Painting, 1987

Monash Arts Faculty Foyer Mural, Caulfield Campus, 1978

They Have Their Story (oil on canvas on board)  100x60cm

Where (acrylic on canvas)  100x100cm

Beyond  (acrylic on canvas) 100x100cm

I'm starting to understand (acrylic on canvas and board)  130x100cm