Artist’s Blog
Insights, painting techniques and news from my Blue Mountains studio
Nature - Beautiful but not Benign
While my landscape paintings are arguably beautiful, they escape the banality of beauty for its own sake. As in my work, you intuitively recognise that nature is not controllable and its beauty is ephemeral.
Painting in a Landscape of Choice
Rather than paint the appearance of the landscape, when I paint en plein air, I attempt instead to evoke the mysterious and transitory experience of being immersed in my surroundings.
Out of the Mouths of 'Babes'
A car conversation with my 14-year-old that reminded me to keep working without fear of failure.
Nature, Painting and Spirit...
Nature plays a large role in the 'narratives' explored on my canvases. It is through connecting with nature that I experience spiritual and physical awareness and renewal.
How I Learned to be Creative
My Gran taught me to see the world with the eyes of an artist. Now I feel her loss keenly, as I notice what she taught me.