Selected as a finalist in the 2025 MAC yapang Art Prize.   It is a biennial event in the Lake Macquarie region with ‘Nowhere to Hide’  –   ”Within the cold, brittle surfaces of a mauve bathroom, a woman holds a baby to her. There is a smashed cup on the floor, a dripping tap, and a… Read more »

Selected as a finalist in the 2025 Portia Geach Memorial Award with my portrait of singer, songwriter performer – Jen Cloher  ‘Everybody’s trying to find their way home’ Jen Cloher is an award-winning Australian singer song writer and performer and strong advocate for artist rights and the empowerment of First Nations, POC, LGBTIQ+ and women in music culture. After her Māori mother Dorothy and Irish father Thomas met as Catholic Priest and… Read more »

Exhibition opened by – Craig Donarski  (Manager Arts, Culture and Creative Industries at White Bay Power Station. Wangal) 2 Girls and a Bomb – Artist statement The paintings and sculptures are set in enclosed domestic environments, our safe and supposedly private spaces. With the threat of nuclear warfare, climate change and now AI rapidly changing the… Read more »

The 50th anniversary of the Liverpool Women’s health Centre group exhibition at Yellamundie – Liverpool Library Art Gallery has been extended.  The new closing date is 26 October 2025.    

Twenty Five Moments:Reimagining Twenty-Five years of Art is a group exhibition showcasing the work of 32 artists who have shown at the gallery since it opened in 2000.  Apollo Bay Weatherboard (painting by my partner Peter O’Doherty) and Blacktown Laundry and Toilet (mixed media construction) were first exhibited at the gallery in 2014 as part… Read more »

Marking the 50th anniversary of Liverpool Women’s Health Centre – my textile and wooden sculptures are being exhibited alongside works from artists Diane Baker Smith, Susan Grant Murphy and Louise Whelan – for GIVING VOICE – an exhibition at Yellamundie, Liverpool Library and Art Gallery.  The Liverpool Women’s Health Centre was established in 1975, by… Read more »

Child’s Play   – acrylic on canvas 107 x 107cm    ‘Pink rifles are replacing Barbie Dolls as popular Christmas presents for girls in the US.  Australia’s protective ally has such a powerful influence on our arts, politics and economy.  While we absorb their movies, music and art we are by association as staunch allies, the target… Read more »

The Sydney Peace Prize for 2024 has been awarded to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, celebrating the courage and dedication of over 16 million staff and volunteers delivering life-saving humanitarian aid in conflict zones across the globe.    The Peace Prize Ceremony and Lecture will be presented at Sydney Town Hall this… Read more »

Standing with my subject painter Nerissa Lea on opening night. Nerissa Lea – The Night Painter  acrylic on canvas. 192 x 122cm  Nerissa grew up between Sydney and Adelaide where she completed a printmaking and cinematography Degree at the South Australian School of Art.  She now lives and works in northern Tasmania.  I have known her… Read more »

This group exhibition opens this Friday 25th  October 2024 at 6pm.  Runs till 24th November 2024. The New England Regional Art Museum. (NERAM) Armidale NSW Packsaddle raises funds to support NERAM