I’ve always painted my local environment – a contemporary view of it ( a critical environmental realism ). As a landscape painter my main motivation is painting urban landscapes that push the boundaries of the picturesque.
In the foothills of Mount Wellington on the margins of Glenorchy I found a place at the top of Chapel Street facing west – a waterway called Humphries Rivulet – a beautiful natural feature that has been disrespectfully relegated from it’s rightful position in nature to the commonplace. The transformation of this place is evident from it’s remnants. Humphries Rivulet is part of the suburban Glenorchy landscape, subsequently it comes with all the neglect associated with a social and environmental impoverishment.
As an urban landscape painter I find Humphries Rivulet interesting because these places are on the margins – they present interesting incongruous imagery – beauty marred by the modern human presence. I paint landscapes that aren’t perfect, this is inevitable for an urban landscape painter. I dare to find beauty in these places – every place has its’ moment. Humphries Rivulet is still an undeniably beautiful area despite the obvious degradation and is as worthy a subject for a landscape painter as any pristine natural environment.
Even the ugliest urban landscape interests me. Humphries Rivulet is far from ugly, yes it is marred, but it still has a natural integrity and beauty that speaks to me of the past.
EDUCATION
1998 Bachelor Fine Art UTAS, Hobart
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Coming Down The Mountain, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2015 High Vis, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2014 Two Steps Removed, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2013 Quotidian Fever, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2012 Local Knowledge, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2011 In Transit, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2010 New Works, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2009 Transformed at Night, Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2007 Inside Out, Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2003 The Little Space, Hobart College
2002 The Little Space, Hobart College
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 9th Annual Artist Exhibition, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2013 8th Annual Artist Exhibition, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2012 7th Annual Artist Exhibition, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2011 art Melbourne Colville Gallery, Melbourne
2010 art Melbourne Colville Gallery, Melbourne
2009 art Melbourne Colville Gallery, Melbourne
Glover Prize Evandale, Tasmania, Award Winner
Summer Show Salamanca Collection, Hobart
Winter Exhibition Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2007 Summer Show Salamanca Collection, Hobart
Winter Exhibition Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2006 Summer Show Salamanca Collection, Hobart
Winter Exhibition Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2005 Summer Show Salamanca Collection, Hobart
Winter Exhibition Salamanca Collection, Hobart
2004 Summer Show Salamanca Collection, Hobart
Winter Exhibition Salamanca Collection, Hobart
AWARDS
2009 Glover Prize Evandale, Tasmania, Winner
Colville Gallery
Galleries
91a Salamanca Place, Battery Point