Cooks Hill Galleries
February 2009
Bold calligraphy, transforming nature through abstract interpretation and asserting the primacy of gesture in expressing a personal vision of the natural world.
Bold calligraphy, transforming nature through abstract interpretation and asserting the primacy of gesture in expressing a personal vision of the natural world.
“...layers of banksia men cluster in forests of russet, red, gold,charcoal and ochre... rapid primal calligraphy captures the distinctive forms of banksia and other ancient bush blooms... abstract and textured layers of oils, acrylic and crayon drawing the viewer into the dappled light and geometric diversity of the Australian undergrowth." Carolyn Swanson (Newcastle Herald, 2009)
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Warm Serrata 2009 (detail)
oil monotype on paper |
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Crimson Serrata 2009 (detail)
oil, acrylic and crayon on board |
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Russet Serrata 2009
oil, acrylic and crayon on board |
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| Small Russet and Ochre 2009 acrylic, ink and crayon on board |
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| Gold Coccinea 2009 (detail) oil, acrylic and crayon on board |
