Vintage Fridge Magnets and Swizzle Sticks (107 x 61 cm oil on canvas) has been shortlisted for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2011 to be held at the Caloundra Regional Gallery from the 6th July-11th September, 2011.
Prometheus Art Awards and Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards have selected the works Bugs and Silverware Diptych and Charm is Deceitful, Beauty is Fleeting (respectively) to hang in their exhibitions this year.
Flamingos Snowdome 70 x 70 cm oil on canvas New solo show entitled Honestly! opens on the 18th March 2011 at the new gallery space Retrospect Galleries Qld. Cnr Elizabeth Ave and Oracle Blvd, Broadbeach. Honestly kitsch, honestly ugly, honestly dishonest… snow domes make no claim to be anything other than a flawed imitation of something bigger, grander and purer. A foray into the anti authentic. A possible metaphor for the human condition – our incompleteness, our dorky charm and the hope for the future.
Vroom… a solo show of 17 works will open on the 23rd Dec and run until the 24th Feb 2011 at the Albury Regional Gallery, N.S.W. Bug on Toy Car 2 oil on canvas 42 x 72 cm
Net Work: the TLF exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat December 2010 / January 2011 One forum. Thirty-eight artists. Over 100 pieces of art. Net Work: the TLF exhibition is an exhibition of the work of 38 artists who are members of a private online forum for professional contemporary visual artists, “The Littlest Forum” (TLF). Curated by Amanda van Gils, Net Work showcases the diversity of artists who utilise the Internet as a vital tool in their artistic careers, if not directly in their artistic practice. The
This work has been shortlisted for the 2010 Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize. The exhibition opens 4th December at the Gold Coast Art Gallery. Plastic Dolls Shoes and Novelty Key ring 102 x102 cm oil on canvas I have been wanting to do a painting using these cast off Barbie/ Brats doll shoes and have combined them with a circa 1970’s kitsch key ring of an African female child. As always I find objects can be quietly powerful containers. Thoughts about child slavery and human trafficking