Text - Artist Statement
My every-day and ways of seeing are reflected in my work where domestic scenes intersect with ecological themes.
My investigations into ways in which still life could be employed within a painting practice to encourage viewers towards an alertness to ecological relationships were buoyed by my Fine Art studies at the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University. I am interested in the possibilities of enticing new ways of thinking through connection and engagement with art.
My art practice is anchored in my science background and my regionally based domestic life with family and creatures including Nim and Mr Barry Fox, my four-legged friends. I value working within interdisciplinary projects such as the Art of Threatened Species project, a collaboration between Orana Arts and the Office of Environment and Heritage. Through this project my research process included fieldwork with specialists working in a threatened brush-tailed rock-wallaby population site and going behind the scenes at the Australian Museum.
I value living and working in regional Australia near Bathurst in Wiradjuri Country. Artist residencies are additionally valued, where I connect with people and places adding new ideas and ways of working to my art practice.
My investigations into ways in which still life could be employed within a painting practice to encourage viewers towards an alertness to ecological relationships were buoyed by my Fine Art studies at the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University. I am interested in the possibilities of enticing new ways of thinking through connection and engagement with art.
My art practice is anchored in my science background and my regionally based domestic life with family and creatures including Nim and Mr Barry Fox, my four-legged friends. I value working within interdisciplinary projects such as the Art of Threatened Species project, a collaboration between Orana Arts and the Office of Environment and Heritage. Through this project my research process included fieldwork with specialists working in a threatened brush-tailed rock-wallaby population site and going behind the scenes at the Australian Museum.
I value living and working in regional Australia near Bathurst in Wiradjuri Country. Artist residencies are additionally valued, where I connect with people and places adding new ideas and ways of working to my art practice.
