Forest Lodge, Sydney, NSW, Australia
As an environmental artist my focus has been on the natural environment for many decades. For the p...
About the artist
Joined In 2021
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About the artist
Joined In 2021
(2 Followers)
As an environmental artist my focus has been on the natural environment for many decades. For the past 20 years I have focused on Trees, a subject I was drawn to for the magnitude of their environmental significance and their universal, pan-religious symbolic importance.I illuminate the natural world both physically and metaphorically. With light I paint a ‘portrait’ of the tree and capture a moment in a tree’s life.I have done this work in many countries around the world. Darkness is a part of vision - it can frame something without destroying it. Through framing the natural world with darkness the specificity of that world is revealed. I am the founder of an eco-arts collective, The Tree Veneration Society Inc.
1985 Master of Fine Arts (Visual Arts), University of California, Santa Barbara, Ca. USA.
1983 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), City Art Institute, Sydney, Australia.
1981 Graduate Diploma in Professional Art Studies, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education (CAE), Sydney, Australia.
1978 Diploma of Art Education, Alexander Mackie CAE, Sydney, Australia.
1977 Sir John Cass School of Art, City of London Polytechnic, London, England
2023. Arboreal Narratives 2023. Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Sydney, Australia. April 5 - 30
2022 KAAF Art Prize. Finalist Exhibition. Korean Cultural Centre Gallery, Sydney. 25 November 2022 to 27 January 2022 Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize. Finalist Exhibition. Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney. 5-28 August
2022 Arboreal Narratives 2022. Selected Group exhibition. Bankstown Art Centre, Sydney. 16 July – 27 August.
2022 Beyond Human Group Exhibition. Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney. 4-14 March.
2021 Tree of Life, a testament to endurance. Group Exhibition, curated by Gavin Wilson. S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney. 10 April – 30 May.
2021 Requiem. A scheduled event of the Sydney Festival 2021. In association with Janet Laurence and the Sydney Environment Institute, Sydney University. Video installation. 16-24 January.
2020 Summer. Group Exhibition. Gallery 44. Woollahra, Sydney. Nov 28 – Dec 30.
2020 Arboreal Narratives 2020: A Multidisciplinary exhibition in Honour of Trees. Group exhibition. Sheffer Gallery, Sydney. 30 November – 5 December.
2020 Portraits of Extraordinary Trees, Illuminated. Solo Exhibition. The Calyx. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 21 September - 9 October
2019 Arboreal Narratives: A Mul...
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