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An artist book inspired by a giant Blue Quandong The first time I saw her, I was walking along a track high on the hillside, looking down into the forest. I was still beneath her canopy, and [...]

“Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.” — Katrina Mayer. This quote was the starting point for my newest artist book. What happens when we spend time among trees? What shifts? What do we [...]

I’ve just published a book. A poetry book. A poetry book about trees. Meet Me in the Forest – Ten Poems About Trees is a small collection of ten poems about trees, place and paying [...]

There’s a moment when you stand inside the forest … and look up. Not out. Not ahead. Up. And everything shifts. canopy began with that shift in perspective.

There is beauty in all stages of life. And in death too. My most recent artist book, Mother, celebrates the ancient matriarch standing strong in the paddock behind my studio – albeit in [...]

Some artworks start with an idea. Some an image. This one started with words. My words. Meet Me in the Forest is an artist book built around a poem. A poem of love of place and lived experience.

Honouring banksias, bushfire-triggered seed release, and bushland renewal song cycles.

Birds can pull me out of whatever I’m doing. The encroaching cries of the yellow-tailed black cockatoos. The chorus of a family choir of magpies. The riotous cackle of a kookaburra. All of this [...]

silent relics – a family album is a quiet homage to the bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii) of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, presented as a metaphorical “family album.” Through layered printmaking [...]

I have watched the crackle grow from 6 to over 50 birds over the past 3.5 years. They are a sight to behold and sound to savour as the fly up the valley and over my studio and home. I can hear [...]