Category Archives: Visual Art

Time passing in the phases of the moon

Already there is less than a fortnight before most of the prints in Moon Phase: Chasing Transcendence are consigned to a drawer in my already art-cluttered house. It closes on the 23rd May. If you haven’t yet been, I hope … Continue reading

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Poetry & Print

Over a three month period this year, I wrote over thirty poems as an adjunct to my print exhibition, Moon Phase: Chasing Transcendence. I’ve inserted one page I designed with both the image and the accompanying poem. When writing I … Continue reading

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Caught having a cuddle

After having been photographed numerous times at the opening of Moon Phase: Chasing Transcendence, I thought I could sneak a quiet cuddle in with my very supportive partner and fellow artist, Graeme Buckley! I was wrong. This is one of … Continue reading

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Moon Phase: Chasing Transcendence

My exhibition, Moon Phase: Chasing Transcendence, is now on show. It is strange to revisit the work of a couple of years ago. Though a difficult hang, the wonderful staff at Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts managed it with aplomb and … Continue reading

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Please Take a Seat

I recently had an installation in the Vault Space at Umbrella Studio. It consisted of four verses of prose about chronic pain. The responses I got for ‘just words’ were fascinating. One person told me it made them cry. Others … Continue reading

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Install Day, Gallery 48

        Jill and Margaret, busy on the install for Furred, Scaled & Feathered. Opening Sunday 29th Oct, 2 – 5pm, Gallery 48, 2/48 The Strand, Townsville

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Frog Buddies

These ‘guys’ come for a bath every night. I have a round shallow dish on a shelf in the loo. Just on dusk they come for a soak for a bit, and then they go out for the evening. Around … Continue reading

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Big Fella Croc

I photographed this big fella at Billabong Sanctuary. In his glory days he sailed the seas. This print is a drypoint intaglio on plastic plate. Among others, it will be on display at in the Furred Feathered Scaled Exhibition at … Continue reading

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Upcoming exhibition at Gallery 48

Margaret Robertson and I are having an exhibition of our prints at Gallery 48, The Strand, Townsville. Fur, Feathers and Scales will be opening on Sunday 29th October from 2 – 6pm. We are busy printing and hand-colouring our works … Continue reading

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Artstownsville at Pop Up North Queensland

Pop Up North Queensland Hi Folks, I’m thrilled to announce that Graeme and I have been successful in securing a Pop Up Shop at 21 Stokes St (across from the Old Court House), Townsville for the 10 days of the … Continue reading

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