Artist Statement
I am most interested in the things I never planned to draw and I often come across images that I’m compelled to draw over and over again.
I am influenced by everything! Mostly I am influenced by people. I also take great interest in big cities, the flora, fauna and patterns in my environment, television, comics, fashionable shapes and colours.
Although I am often unplanned in my approach to paper or canvas, my work is always detailed. All work begins as a pencil sketch. My preference for final pieces has been to illustrate in watercolour and ink, or display as an animation cell on clear transparency. I usually lay an image on either a stark white background or a fairly plain single coloured background. I prefer this as my work is usually very detailed. I also think we see and hear background all day everyday and I prefer to remove it from the work to create a clear space for the image to live in.
My digital work is different from my analogue work in that it is simplified but bolder and brighter.
History.
1989 – Art Contest at a school fete. Group Show – Third place Brisbane Australia. (I was 7 years old and I won $3. I bought three pieces of fudge and one toffee with my winnings)
2002 – QY Media, Seymour centre. Group Show – Third place. Sydney Australia.
2004 – NoName, Garuva. Solo show, Brisbane Australia.
2005 – Inkd, Garuva. Solo show, Brisbane Australia.
2007 – Small Space Exhibition. Group Show – Brunswick Street Gallery Melbourne Australia.
2008 – Melbourne Fringe Festival. Art in Windows – Sydney Road Brunswick. Melbourne Australia.
2010 – Mail Me Something. Group show – Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn NY.
2010 – 2020. Group Show – Above Second Gallery, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong.
2011 – The Sketchbook Project. Group Show – Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn NY. Tour: Austin TX, San Fransisco CA, Portland ME, Atlanta GA, Chicago IL.
2016 - Primary Arcade Group Show - May - Stock and Supply Store Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia
2016 - Primary Arcade Group Show - June - Scratch Bar Milton, Brisbane, Australia.
2016 - The Void. Group Show - July - The Gentle Void Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania Australia.