CV
Born Jamaica, West Indies 1958. Lives and works Perth, Western Australia.
STUDIED
1986
Fremantle Technical College
Printmaking
1976–78
Curtin University (formerly WA Institute of Technology)
Bachelor of Arts, Art Education (Painting Major)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
'The Sky as a Metaphor’ Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah
2013
'Continuum' Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery, Mandurah
2009
Hubbles Yard, East Fremantle
2008
'Expansion’ Centre Gallery, Victoria Park
JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2018
Joondalup Community Arts Association Art Awards Exhibition, Joondalup Art Gallery
2015
‘unearthed’ with Jeannette Dyson and Sandy Tippett, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park
2014
'Hidden Earth: 3 Parallels’ with Jeannette Dyson and Sandy Tippett, Zig Zag Gallery, Kalamunda
2011
'Friends of Picasso' with Sandy Tippett, Julie Turner and Celia Mayers, Tresillian, Nedlands
'An Exhibition of Land and Sea’ with Sandy Tippett, Zin Zan Individual Art, Busselton
2010
Collaborative Exhibition with Susan Hoy and Judy Rogers, blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup
2009
‘Recent Works’ with Sandy Tippett, Freight Gallery, Fremantle
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Minnawarra Art Awards
City of Wanneroo Art Awards
2017
Joondalup Community Arts Association Members Selection Exhibition, Joondalup Art Gallery
Artitude, Crown Perth
Between the Sheets: Artists’ Books Exhibition, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
City of Wanneroo Art Awards
Between the Sheets: Artists’ Books Exhibition, Gallery Central, North Metro TAFE
2016
City of Wanneroo Art Awards
Manjar Art Awards, Mandurah
2015
City of Wanneroo Art Awards
Artitude, Burswood
Manjar Art Awards, Mandurah
2014
City of South Perth Emerging Artist Award
Noosa Art Award, Queensland
'A Digital City in a Connected World', Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah
Artitude, Crown Perth
'Blending Past and Present’ Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle
2013
‘Inception’ Preston Street Artspace
City of South Perth Emerging Artist Award
Artitude, Burswood
Minnawarra Art Awards
'The Exhibitionists’ The Gallery, Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre
Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
2012
City of South Perth Emerging Artist Award
Artitude, Burswood
Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
2011
‘Life is short, Art eternal’ The Gallery, Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre
‘Urban Couture – The Art of Fashion’ with Susan Hoy, Joondalup Festival 2011
2010
‘Six Chix’ Willoughby Park Winery, Denmark
Castaways Sculpture Awards, Rockingham Foreshore
2009
‘Around the Palette in 21 Days’Old Butter Factory Galleries,Denmark
2008
‘Moods of Spring’ blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup
‘Express’ Centre Gallery, Victoria Park
‘Out of the Closet’ blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup
‘Intensity’ blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup
‘Finally’ Freight Gallery, Fremantle
2007
‘Winter’ blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup
‘Hanging Together’ blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup
2006
‘Colour My World’ blend(er) Gallery, Joondalup
AWARDS
2018
Mixed Media, Beverley Art Prize
2017
Technical Excellence, Joondalup Community Arts Association Members Selection Exhibition
2016
Highly Commended, Wanneroo Art Awards 2016
2015
Best City of Wanneroo Resident, Wanneroo Art Awards 2015
2012
Highly Commended, City of South Perth Emerging Artist Award
2010
First Prize VictoriaPark Art Awards
PUBLICATIONS
Artworks shine sky high – The Mail, Peel District, 30 July 2015
Mining the Remote Landscape – The West Australian, 24 January 2015
World in Her Hand – Mandurah Coastal Times, 23 January 2013
Drawn to the Light – Wanneroo & Joondalup Weekender, 17 January 2013
Picasso’s friends in Nedlands – Post Newspaper, 22 July 2011
What’s On – City of Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre February 2011
Exhibition to add to breast cancer funds – Busselton Dunsborough Times, 28 January 2011
Three find a common love for art – Joondalup Weekender, 18 November 2010
Misty mystery wins the prize – Joondalup Times, 23 September 2010
Victoria Park Art Award winners – Scoop Online, 21 August 2010
Colourful Abstract – West Australian Today, 30 September 2009
Abstract look at New Land – Fremantle Gazette, 29 September 2009
Creeping sprawl, shrinking sky - Southern Gazette, 11 October 2008
International Contemporary Artists, Vol IV – ICA Publishing, 2012
COLLECTIONS
City of Wanneroo - 2017 ‘Tide Marks’
City of Wanneroo - 2016 ‘Bushwalk’
JUDGING ART AWARDS
2017 - Beverley Art Awards (Member of judging panel)
2015 - Beverley Art Awards (Member of judging panel)
COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2015 - Mandurah Stretch Art Festival: The Big Draw
MEMBERSHIPS
Artsource – The Artists Foundation of WA Ltd.
NAVA – National Association for the Visual Arts
