Acrylic
I've won prizes with synthetic polymer paint.
Artist's Statement
I had careers in science and business. So I taught and practised informatics.
Consequently, my chosen medium is digital. My computers run Linux. And I draw on a pen display. I use vector graphics software. That avoids the area restriction of bitmap images.
My art was therapy. In an art club, I'm in a digital media group. Occasionally in an urban sketching group, I sketch mainly interiors.
I'm a conscientious, abstract thinker. Experimenting varies results. My art explores technique. It's more conceptual than representational.
Judges liked my manipulation of photography. My audience is global.
Digital Media
I've won first prize for Digital Art.
![Certificate](Prize.png)
Here are my animation, and recent drawing.
Animation
In this project, I simulated a ball bouncing down a landscape.Illustration
This is my current practice.Exhibitions
Year | Title | Venue | Prize |
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2003 | Flowers of Hope and Vision | Chapman Gallery | |
2004 | Between Surreal and Serene | ACT Legislative Assembly Gallery | Painting |
2005 | Inspired By Nature | Canberra Museum and Gallery | |
2006 | Moments of In-between | Belconnen Gallery | Exhibition |
2007 | Mask | Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka | |
2008 | Our Dreams | Belconnen Gallery | |
2008 | Digital Photography | Belconnen Gallery | |
2008-2009 | Painting & Drawing | Belconnen Gallery | |
2009 | Alive & Well In Canberra | Belconnen Gallery | |
2011 | No Health Without Mental Health | Belconnen Gallery | |
2012 | Anything Goes | Belconnen Gallery | |
2012 | Opening | Playing Field Studio | |
2012 | Mindscapes Festival Art & Photography Competition | Belconnen Gallery | |
2014 | Mindscapes Festival Art & Photography Competition | Belconnen Gallery | |
2015 | Act Belong Commit | Belconnen Gallery | |
2016 | De Fence | Belconnen Arts Centre | |
2018 | Piece of Mind | Belconnen Community Gallery | |
2018 | Inside/Outside | Belconnen Community Gallery | |
2019 | Pigment of the Imagination | Belconnen Community Gallery | |
2019 | Making Tracks | Belconnen Community Gallery | |
2020 | Canberra Art Workshop | M16 Artspace | |
2021 | Canberra Art Workshop | M16 Artspace | |
2021 | Testamur 3 2021 | M16 Artspace | |
2022 | Canberra Art Workshop | M16 Artspace | |
2022 | 80th Spring Exhibition | The Fitters' Workshop | 1st Digital Art |
![Me winning a prize](Winning.jpg)
Mixed Media
The artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms.
Oils
In this medium, pigments are bound in drying oil. I used to occasionally paint a portrait in an A5 visual diary.
Photography
I use an old digital camera. This page shows what I recently did.
Printmaking
Watercolour
This was outdoors, with pigments suspended in water.