Bundanon

I work primarily in painting, moving between abstraction and representation.

I paint the streets of suburbia, homes, yards, and memories of landscapes. I love the capacity of painting to create an intimacy and slowness that can bring different ideas and experiences into conversation with each other. I live on Dharug land in Western Sydney. I believe it is important to engage with the places we live with a renewed wonder and critical attention to better understand who we are and how we live.

Alongside my painting practice, I also write, curate and work as Curator + Artist Development for Parramatta Artists’ Studios. I completed a PhD on Australian Painting in 2015 and work intermittently as a fieldwork researcher in Cultural Economics at Macquarie University. My writing has been published in Art Collector Magazine, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts Journal and Semaphore. I exhibit regularly in artist-run, regional and commercial galleries around Australia. I am represented by Alexandra Lawson Gallery, Toowoomba.

In Residence at Bundanon

Through exploration of the surrounding landscape, which sits in stark contrast to my suburban home, I will expand my studio practice through the consideration of my relationships to different landscapes. Importantly, my studio methodologies (walking, documenting, researching, painting, writing) enhance my sense of belonging in a place, while also challenging and unsettling my relationship and agency in place and Country in Australia. Utilising these methodologies, I will develop a new series of paintings in response to the local landscape and research undertaken onsite.

During my residency I will also be undertaking the self-directed Artist Residency in Motherhood program. I will utilise this residency to reconfigure my studio time and establish new rhythms and methods of working as a new parent.