LA Art Show Jan 14-18 2015

Very EXCITED to be part of the LA Art Show in Los Angles with my work on representation hanging at the Arcadia Contemporary Stand.
It is a great start to the year of 2015 and a prelude to my 3 women show "Women Rule"! @ Arcadia in April 2015.
Happy Holidays to all!

Melbourne Art Fair 2014; Objects of Beauty:Contemporary Still Life exhibition at CK Contemporary, San Francisco

"Arrival" 2014 Oil on linen 61x51cm

 My works, my model and me at the Fair

It has been a very busy year as usual...August saw me exhibiting at the Melbourne Art Fair with a huge response from the visiting public, it was a great opportunity to show my work to a wider audience.

Currently on show for September 2014 I have some still life paintings in an exhibition called, Objects of Beauty: Contemporary Still Life at http://ckcontemporary.com in San Francisco. 

Teacakes 2006

oil on linen
40 x 132 cm

There is an online catalogue for the exhibition, follow this link to the publication.. http://issuu.com/ckcontemporary/docs/ckc_still-life_vert_issuu-150ppi/1?e=0/9072384

"Disconnected" exhibition at Brenda May Gallery Sydney 25 February to 22 March 2014

My latest work can be seen at Brenda May Gallery Sydney in my solo show Disconnected.

All is always now2014
Oil on linen 
122 x 152cm 

My work derives itself from my personal experiences and observations as a woman in Contemporary Australia. I have chosen the filmatic stage to portray my characters, making my own version of Noir - my Femme Noir. The characters in my paintings often appear disassociated in their environments; there in physicality but removed and mentally detached, existing in their own worlds. Women stare into space, involved in their private lives, housed in their own environments. Here there are pristine interiors, with patterned walls and floors, whilst the shadows play with the psychological presence of people inhabiting the scenes. 

You can see an online catalogue to the exhibition here Issuu Online Catalogue

The Surgeon 2013
Oil on Linen
122x112cm

Have been working on this portrait of my Great Uncle Dr Donald Beard for quite awhile now in between my other commitments.  Have decided say it is finished eventhough I could keep working on it...it is always difficult to know when to stop...but stop I have. The image will be in the forthcoming publication from Wakefield Press called the 'The Diggers Doctor' due to be released April 2014. At this stage there will be a launch of the book by General Peter Cosgrove at SA Government House, which is all very exciting!