Very happy to be a finalist in this year’s Flanagan Art Prize in Ballarat. It’s nice to see the return of this Australia-wide art competition. COVID suspended some of these prizes and the Art Gallery of Ballarat no longer hosts national events as the Rick Amor Drawing Prize or the Guirguis New Art Prize, leaving … More Flanagan Art Prize 2025: Celebrating Finalists in Ballarat
I’ve just got back from teaching workshops in Hall’s Gap, where we explored using colour emotively and non-representationally, while also making colour choices that took us beyond simply copying photographs. … More Grampians Brushes 2024
I’m over in England for a year or so. I’m mostly doing family stuff, but now and again I get a chance for some wandering and some painting. I’m living in Bury St Edmunds, a pretty market town in Suffolk which is only a hop and a skip from where Gainsborough and Constable lived and … More Channeling Constable
I’ve taken on the 100 Day Project challenge this year. While I’d normally paint the forest environment around where I live, I’ve often felt that this is only part of the story. The #100dayproject gave me the impetus to look at another aspect of the environment. So, for the next 100 days, I’ll be drawing … More Full Disclosure
Artist gets grumpy about university art education but pulls it back and explains the potential new direct of his art. Just. … More Narrative
On one of my regular saunters with the dog there’s a ford across a creek. After heavy rain last week, half the track has been washed away and the creek has formed a rather attractive water feature. Attractive to those who don’t mind getting their feet wet. Folks often ask me about colour choices. I … More Washaway I
