BIOGRAPHY,
Artist/Architect: Developing art projects that engage contemporary concerns by exploring the poetic perception of inhabited space. Using found objects and material fabrication processes to compose, paintings, sculptural objects and installations in contexts that range from private, public, urban and natural landscapes.
Utalising traditional aesthetic language of line, tone, form, colour and various compositional strategies to arrange materials that both interact with their spatial context while creating a unique autonomous identity.
Born in Geelong and growing up on the shore of Corio Bay and the Surf Coast.
Completing undergraduate study in Fine Art at RMIT and Preston Tec. in Melbourne followed by three years in Canberra, teaching,working and exhibiting in art galleries across NSW and Victoria. The establishment of a domestic architectural and building practice, followed a move to Sydney to complete a B.Arch.at UTS. While continuing a studio based painting practice, exhibiting on a regular basis based in Sydney and the Central Coast of NSW.
With the desire to build upon the more reflective side of art practice, a return to RMIT to undertake the MFA and now the Masters of Art in Public Space the focus within work and research incorporates the study of art and architecture as an interdisciplinary field.