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Media

Liquid Gold TV Interview The WIN TV News Hour, Nov 2011

The Beauty of Irrigation Shepparton News, Nov 2011

Late Change of Tune The Melbourne Age, Aug 2011

Capturing Change Hamilton Spectator, Sep 2010

Piles of Acclaim Northcote Leader, Nov 2009

Exhibitions Burst Out Central NSW Daily, Sep 2009

Artist Makes US Debut Concord Journal, Jan 2008

Finding Beauty in Death Shepparton News, Mar 2007

Pictures Bring Solace Herald Sun, Feb 2006

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Current Exhibitions

There is a once-in-a-century transformation taking place in Victoria’s Foodbowl. A decade-long drought galvanised a diverse alliance of community and government organisations to address the growing crisis. The result is a $2 billion modernisation of the region’s century-old irrigation network. My latest works capture for posterity the project’s magnitude and remarkable infrastructure against the backdrop of Northern Victoria’s natural beauty. Evocative imagery from the initial stages of the project is the subject of the exhibition Liquid Gold - The Art of Irrigation. Liquid Gold had it's debut at the Sofitel Melbourne where it was opened by the Water Minister Peter Walsh, and ran from August - October 2011. The exhibition is now tour throughout Victoria and Australia.

You can view the Liquid Gold images here.

You can view the Liquid Gold Exhibition Catalog here.

If you'd like to receive a complimentary copy of the Exhibition Catalog, you can contact me here.

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Exhibitions on the Horizon

Stay tuned for more details!!

If you'd like to receive an invitation to the openings, you can contact me here.

In the meantime you can view the Liquid Gold images here.

You can view the Without A Trace artworks here.

Stay tuned for details!!

If you'd like to receive a notice for the opening, you can contact me here.

In the meantime, you can view the Lasting Beauty images here.

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Recent Exhibitions

You can view the Liquid Gold images here.

You can view the Liquid Gold Exhibition Catalog here.

If you'd like to receive a complimentary copy of the Exhibition Catalog, you can contact me here.

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For centuries, writers and artists have used flowers as metaphors for youth and classic beauty. To my eye, 'blighted' flowers reveal a unique and exquisite beauty. As the flowers die, they reveal an unexpected yet profound allure and grace. It occurred to me that flowers could effectively challenge traditional notions of beauty in a powerful way and with these thoughts, I created a series of images based on native and non-native flowers. This body of work is titled Lasting Beauty.

Lasting Beauty had it's debut in July 2010 at the Domain House Gallery in the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens. Renowned Botanical Artist Celia Rosser OAM opened the show.

Following on from the wonderful response at the Melbourne show, this body of work travelled in mid-2011 to the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.

At the conclusion of the Exhibition I presented a 2-day workshop in botanic photography as part of the ANBG's Public Programs.

You can view the Lasting Beauty images here.

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Human nature is what Heaven supplies

- Xun Zi (Chinese Confucian Philosopher 312–230 BC)

Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions

- Hiroshi Sugimoto (Contemporary Japanese Photographer)

This exhibition explored visual resonances between the human-made and the nature-made. The collection of imagery—drawn from recent exhibitions and commissions—also highlighted the visual vocabulary common to my work in different genres.

As a consequence of winning the 2009 New North Photography Prize, the artworks were on exhibit at the NewNorth Gallery for the month of December 2010.

You can view the Human Nature artworks here.

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The 50-year old Western Districts Grampian’s Wool Scour was decommissioned in February 2009. The specialised scrubbing machinery was sold and shipped to China, where Australia’s wool will be processed more cheaply.

I captured imagery of workers, machines and environment during the Scour’s final two days of operation. I returned a fortnight later to capture additional imagery of the still and silent factory. My intent was to capture the atmosphere, commitment, irony and pathos at the end of a chapter of Victoria’s agricultural history.

The resultant artworks were on exhibit at the Hamilton Regional Art Gallery during the month of October 2010. You can view the Without A Trace artworks here.

Local historian Bob Henderson loaned me a wonderful trove of newspaper clippings which traced the Scour’s rising and falling fortunes over 50 years. From these I created three boards for the exhibition which you can view here.

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