Opus Pink - Limited Edition 1 of 10 Photograph

As a child I studied art under a local artist and drew. On completion of a TAFE Art course in Sale Victoria, I was selected to study at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne in 1985 and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art. Along with friends I created an alternative art Night Club called the "Sod Club" in Fitzroy and St Kilda in Melbourne; and worked and exhibited for the Melbourne Fringe Arts Festival over a number of years. I worked part time and exhibited in alleyways, circus tents, and community/street festivals and in nightclubs (additionally creating short films, videos and volunteering for SKA TV). Over the past 7 - 10 years I have achieved 9 solo exhibitions and engaged extensively with the contemporary arts sector in Victoria and WA, entering works in numerous prizes, offering my work for selection to curators and exhibiting at commercial art galleries. You could say it has taken me 20 years to self-fund an art practice and develop my own visual language. I have created a number of revenue streams from commissions, sales at exhibitions and teaching to support myself without government funding. I have had artwork selected and exhibited internationally in Singapore a number of works have been collected by significant companies based in South Africa, Perth, Zurich and New York. My artwork is represented by Printmaker Gallery in Brunswick Street Fitzroy and at Brightspace Gallery StKilda Melbourne. My aim is to continue and to develop a high quality art practice. To have time to spend with my artwork and reflect on or whatever I may be making. In 2011 -12 I received a number of commissions, four paintings of the Pilbara for a company boardroom Atlas Iron and a print commission of Australian Bird Ashbia Loveness by the Ian Love family in Perth.