BEHIND THE LENS
I’m a photographic artist based in Brisbane, Australia, with more than 20 years of experience behind the camera.
I trained at RMIT in Melbourne, and my practice has always moved between two things that are, at their heart, the same thing: fine art and people. Still-life work that explores the beauty of the natural world. Portraits that share something true about a person - honest, considered, and genuinely them. The thread running through all of it is the same: presence, and the sensitivity to recognise it.
My fine art work is exhibited and held in private collections. Later this year I'll be showing my work at Art Space Teneriffe in Brisbane, an exhibition I've been quietly working toward since relocating to Qld.
That same unhurried attention carries into every portrait session. I'm interested in making you look like yourself, at your most grounded, most considered, most true. It's the same instinct, just turned toward a person rather than a flower or a shadow.
I work with a small number of portrait clients each month, by design. It keeps things personal, and personal is the whole point.
Twice Nillumbik Prize finalist. RMIT BA Photography. Exhibiting artist. Based in Brisbane, available elsewhere by request.
Artist CV
Education
2004 - 2006 BA Photography, RMIT University, Melbourne
Awards and Competitions
2023 Finalist, Into the Light Art Prize, Whitewall Art Projects Gallery, Berrima, NSW
2022 Bronze with distinction, The Portrait Masters Image Awards
2022 Bronze, The Portrait Masters Image Awards
2012 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham
2011 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize, Montsalvat, Eltham
2008 Winner Mum=Mum2, National photographic competition, Manly, Sydney
2006 Winner Red Lens, National photographic competition, Tertiary Section
Solo/Shared Exhibition
2022 ‘Different Flowers From The Same Field’ , Victorian Pride Centre, Melbourne (Shared)
2007 'Photobooth' Eltham Library Community Gallery, Eltham (Solo)
Group Exhibitions
2023 ‘Into the Light’ Whitewall Art Projects Gallery, Berrima, NSW
2023 ‘Winter Series’, 26 Advantage Gallery, Highett
2012 ‘Nillumbik Prize’, Montsalvat, Eltham
2011 ‘Nillumbik Prize’, Montsalvat, Eltham
2009 ‘Picture This 09’ Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2009 ‘Kodak Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2009 ‘Portrait’ Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2009 ‘She Who Discovers’ Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong
2007 'Black and White Nudes' Kerala Gallery, Northcote
2007 'Glorious Trees' Artstreams Gallery, Warrandyte
2006 'Illumination' BrightSpace Gallery, St Kilda
2004 'Location Two' Viscom Gallery, RMIT Melbourne
2004 'Location One' Viscom Gallery, RMIT Melbourne
2022 ‘Different Flowers From The Same Field’ , Victorian Pride Centre, Melbourne