I wanted to be in the work and not be distracted on how or why I should draw. As in the seventies it was great liberation and hard won freedoms. I want my relatedness to a model or subject to reflect energies of transcended release.
I was searching for a subject and during my search I felt drawn to a retro seventies feel or what I contrived as a design aesthetic wholly sited in decoration of objects i n bric- a-brac shops. My journey continues in trying to create a mood that belonged to that time that for me held great changes in the way society was going to function and be influenced to the present day.
A series of sketches from my October sketch book 2008. Integration in designing drawings allows me to prepare for further painting. Be it abstract or taken from life.
I have trained and worked in visual arts for 30 years. My experience include having run three galleries, taught and exhibited. My major prize has been the Blue Mountain City Art Prize for landscape painting in 1995.