Artist Statement
The more complex of my work is concerned with the collective unconscious, those myths and images absorbed by our everyday existence and then fed back to us through dreams, psychological thoughts, myths and subconscious states of mind such as fear, anxiety, love and the search for perfection.
Everything visual is basically a symbol, we don’t see we perceive, its a personal vision we have of the world. Objects that we endow with a specific meaning can not only visually look different, but can have a different psychological effect on another person. This can depend on our upbringing our environment and the experiences we have had during our existence.
My work is full of visual imagery, but all these elements don’t make a coherent story.
They are more like a form of divination, its up to the viewers subconscious to weave a meaning or feeling from their grouping.
Like any Mythical tale there are symbols of good and evil of fear and redemption, I am not trying to say anything particular about our situation, these are not political works but journeys into our interior, that thing we call a sense of self.
Biography
Born Melbourne 1951
Diploma of Art + Design [Honours], Swinburne University, Melbourne
Lecturered in painting, Prahran College, Melbourne
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Manyung Galleries, (Malvern)
2009 Aptoz Cruz Galleries, South Australia
2006 Pollock Gallery, Richmond VIC
2005 Pollock Gallery, Richmond VIC
2003 Bark Modern Art, Hong Kong
2002 Manyung Galleries, Mt Eliza VIC
ARTEFACT Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Manyung Galleries, Mt. Eliza VIC
1996 Kazari / ARTEFACT, Melbourne
1995 Art Forum / ARTEFACT, Singapore
Quoquo / ARTEFACT, Hong Kong
Victoria House / ARTEFACT, London
1994 Quoquo / ARTEFACT, Hong Kong
1993 ARTEFACT, Melbourne
1973 Avante Gallery, Melbourne
1972 Avante Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group shows
2004 Manyung Galleries, Mt Eliza VIC - group
2003 Manyung Galleries, Mt Eliza VIC - group
2002 Treasury Place, Deputy Premier’s offices /
ARTEFACT,Melbourne
Selected Commissions
BASF, Singapore
Smith Peacock + Henshaw, Melbourne
Collections
Crown Casino Hotel, Melbourne
Swank, Hong Kong
Smith, Peacock + Henshaw, Melbourne
Private collections in Indonesia, Australia, Singapore +USA
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