Gutted

Oils on canvas
This body of work is the latest in my on-going series of "All things Fish".

Media Release for "Hatch"

‘HATCH’- Exhibition of NMIT graduate painters & printmakers

Melbourne- ‘Hatch’ is the culminating exhibition of two years study for NMIT Diploma of Visual Arts students majoring in the disciplines of Painting and Printmaking. Works on display will serve the dual purpose of showcasing newly acquired technical skills, as well as demonstrating fully realised concepts and ideas which are currently in a state of transition and investigation.

This is a fantastic opportunity to view and acquire work by up and coming visual artists such as Adriana Crosshall (Solo show- ‘Somewhere Beyond Here’: Darebin Arts Centre, Darebin 2011, "Melbourne Etching Supplies Printmaking Award 2011", Study Grant 2010, Darebin Art Collection), Nathan Jokovich (Finalist- Toyota Community Spirit Gallery: The Undergraduate Award 2011), and Eugene Mott and Lance Simpson (Group show: ‘Empty Every Night”- Pigment Gallery, Melbourne 2011). Four of the nine exhibiting students are also recipients of prestigious NMIT Study Grants.

Please take the opportunity to meet the artists at their opening on November 12^th, 2011, between 4pm and 6pm or visit the exhibition which runs from 9^th to 27^th November.

Hatch Flyer

"Hatch"
This is the flyer for my group exhibition at 69 Smith Street Gallery. My image is the top fish from my series "Gutted".

2011 Graduate Award Show

I won two awards at the Graduate Award Show

"Melbourne Etching Supplies Award" for printmaking - the artwork is "Frozen Fish"
&
"Departmental Commendation Award" for Preston 2nd year Visual Arts

I am still smiling!

Hatch

My NMIT group exhibition at 69 Smith Street Gallery, 9th November to 27th November.

I will be exhibiting a compilation of recent works. This selection of works were completed in the past two years at NMIT. The exhibit will include; Our Path, Golden Path, Gutted, Frozen Fish and Fish 4. The entirety of works center around a common theme of self-exploration and the changes in attitude due to the impact of recent events in my life.

November will be a huge month for me in my art pursuit. All welcome to join me in my journey.

My Next "Thou Art Mum" Exhibition

"Tribute" exhibition at Montsalvat, 3rd November to 27th November, 2011.
My tribute piece will be "Catch My Drift", my body of work is a homage to James Gleeson.

A section of my work is the top first image on the invite.

"Catch My Drift"

I am fascinated by the psychoscape nature of Surrealism. The element of surprise is in its bizarre biomorphic matter incongruously juxtaposed.

Surrealism's intriguing power for me is the blurring of truth, a fusion of absurdity that is either humorous or very disturbing, the intellectual games played or its mystical aspects with spiritual links.

This work is a self-exploration with depicitions of personal symbolism. A revelation that my reality is, in fact, only a function of my own belief system.

My appropriation pays homage to James Gleeson, who is regarded as Australia's foremost surrealist. In the daring essence of surrealism, I dare to not only place myself side by side with this master but to also drift in his wake.

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