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My Background
My Inspiration
My Background
I have always loved painting and drawing. After leaving school I studied Art at Newcastle Art School. I went on to teach art in high schools at Narandera, Yass and Bomaderry in NSW and later in Canberra and Darwin. In more recent years I have been able to devote more time to my own artworks and exploring different media.
As an art teach
I have always loved painting and drawing. After leaving school I studied Art at Newcastle Art School. I went on to teach art in high schools at Narandera, Yass and Bomaderry in NSW and later in Canberra and Darwin. In more recent years I have been able to devote more time to my own artworks and exploring different media.
As an art teacher I trained in and taught many techniques using a variety of materials. My obsession has always been "mark making" to create a surface rich in colour and visual or actual texture, one with a strong sense of design.
My MediA
My Inspiration
My Background
I still love painting and drawing but more recently my attention has been drawn to the possibilities of fabric and textiles to produce the texture and visual presence I am seeking.
I love to translate my own drawings into a manipulated fibre surface, sculpting and painting with fabrics and thread.
Using fabric to create artworks is not si
I still love painting and drawing but more recently my attention has been drawn to the possibilities of fabric and textiles to produce the texture and visual presence I am seeking.
I love to translate my own drawings into a manipulated fibre surface, sculpting and painting with fabrics and thread.
Using fabric to create artworks is not simply finding a nice print on a piece of cloth, adding a touch or two and sticking a border around it. That is NOT art.
I use fabric in the same way I use paint, each small brush stroke is a piece of fabric. I create texture by creating layers of colour and fabric to arrive at the texture and feel I want. If I can't find the colour or texture I am after I make my own. Once I have produced the composition I want then more texture is added using traditional quilting techniques to sculpt the background.
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My subject matter varies but my inspiration most often comes from the natural environment. Birds, animals, trees, plants, flowers all initiate in me an artistic response.
For me, it is all about transferring what I see into an art form. I do it because I love being in the process and eventually discovering the outcome that was previously
My subject matter varies but my inspiration most often comes from the natural environment. Birds, animals, trees, plants, flowers all initiate in me an artistic response.
For me, it is all about transferring what I see into an art form. I do it because I love being in the process and eventually discovering the outcome that was previously hidden.
I think this feeling was summed up well by Sydney artist Martin Sharp, “an artist is meant to reveal what is not obvious to people and work on it until it is”.