On my first research visit to the property, I looked up into an old red cedar. I stopped. I was stunned. Staghorns covered its thick, heavy branches. Rich green flourishes adorned them. Smothered [...]
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.
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 [...]
