What’s On:
Exhibitions
2021
“TERRAFORM”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Nancy Sever Gallery, Level 1, 131 City Walk, Canberra City ACT
WHEN: Covid allowing, later in October, 2021. Updates soon
ABOUT: An exploration of Rock Monoliths and other formations
Monolith1
Oil and Oil Stick on Canvas 61x77cm 2021
NATIONAL CAPITAL ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: The Gallery, Federation Square, Nicholls ACT
WHEN: October 2021
ABOUT; National Open Art Prize
Listening to the Nation (Hugh Mackay),
Oil on Canvas, 112 x 102cm, 2020
SALON DES REFUSES (ARCHIBALD SELECTION) Selected Finalist
WHERE: S H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
WHEN: June 5 – August 15, 2021
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Jude Rae
Oil on Canvas, 120x90cm, 2021
“RIVER”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, 2 Hampden St, Paddington
WHEN: 29 APRIL – 25 MAY, 2021
ABOUT: The artist explores the theme of “River”.
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Darling River
Oil on Canvas, 60x75cm, 2021
SMALL IMAGES GRAND VISIONS
Group Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: March, 2021
ABOUT: Gallery and Invited Artists Paint 40x40cm
Rocky Cave
Oil on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2021
2020
KILGOUR ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery. Newcastle NSW
WHEN: 1 August – 25 October, 2020
ABOUT: National Prize for Figurative and Portrait Painting
Watch and Act
Oil on Canvas, 50x50cm, 2020
PORTIA GEACH MEMORIAL AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: S H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
WHEN: 14 August – 20 September
ABOUT: Art Prize Celebrating Portraiture by Female Artists
Iso Yoga Selfie
Oil on Canvas, 122x167cm, 2020
PERCIVAL PORTRAIT PAINTING PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD
WHEN: 22 May – 19 July, 2020
ABOUT: Portrait Award
Letting Go of Yesterday
Oil on Canvas, 100x150cm, 2017
2019
SALON DES REFUSES (ARCHIBALD SELECTION)
Winner of the Holding Redlich Peoples Choice Award, 2019
WHERE: S. H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
WHEN: 11 May – 28 July, 2019
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Drawn in Steel (Harrie Fasher)
Oil on Canvas, 168x153cm, 2019
“WHISKERS CREEK”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: August, 2019
ABOUT: Celebrating Whiskers Creek, where the artist lives
Early Morning
Oil on Canvas, 50x50cm, 2018
SMALL IMAGES GRAND VISIONS
Group Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: December, 2020
ABOUT: Gallery and Invited Artists Paint 40x40cm
Shady Spot
Oil on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2018
KEDUMBA DRAWING AWARD
Invited Artist
WHERE: Lost Bear Gallery, Katoomba NSW
WHEN: 2 November – December 2019
ABOUT: National Drawing Award Exhibition, by Invitation
Sketch for Listening to the Nation
(Hugh Mackay)
mixed media on paper, 2019
2018
GOULBURN ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW
WHEN: March 2018
ABOUT: Regional Art Prize
High Country Tracks
mixed media on paper, 40x55cm, 2017
CALLEEN ART AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra NSW
WHEN: May 2018
ABOUT: National Painting Prize
The Source
Oil on Canvas , 75x102cm, 2018
RAVENSWOOD AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S
ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Ravenswood School For Girls, Sydney
WHEN: June, 2018
ABOUT: National Art Prize for Women
Animal Tracks (The Half Life of a Burnt Land) Oil on Canvas, 70x70cm, 2018
WINGECARRIBEE DRAWING PRIZE
Selected Finalist, Highly Commended
WHERE: Bowral and District Art Society, Bowral, NSW
WHEN: June, 2018
ABOUT: Regional Drawing Prize
High Country Tracks
mixed media on paper, 40x55cm, 2017
SHIRLEY HANNAN NATIONAL PORTRAIT AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery, Bega, NSW
WHEN: October, 2018
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Mantlepiece Treasures
Oil on Canvas, 150x100cm, 2018
NSW PLEIN AIR PAINTING PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: NSW Parliament House, Sydney
WHEN: October, 2018
ABOUT: National Prize for Plein Air Painting
Afternoon Walk, Mystery Bay
Oil on Canvas, 55x80cm, 2018
BLACK SWAN PORTRAIT PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
WHEN: November 2018
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Elisabeth in a Hat (Elisabeth Cummings)
Oil on Canvas, 55x70cm, 2018
“FAREWELL WHISKERS CREEK”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Form Gallery, Queanbeyan, NSW
WHEN: November 20, 2018
ABOUT: Celebrating Whiskers Creek, where the artist lives
Early Morning
Oil on Canvas, 50x50cm, 2018
“SMALL IMAGES, GRAND VISIONS”
Group Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: December 2018
ABOUT: Gallery and Invited Artists paint 40x40cm
Shady Spot
Oil on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2018
FLEURIEU ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa, SA
WHEN: April 2018
ABOUT: National Landscape Painting Prize
A Polar Memory Jan 2018
acrylic on canvas 75x150cm
2017
“IKARA COUNTRY”
Solo Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery
WHEN: May, 2017
ABOUT: Studio and Plein Air Works of the Flinders Mountains, South Australia
Rock Pool, Flinders
Oil and Oil Stick on Canvas,
72x102cm, 2017
NSW PLEIN AIR ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: NSW Parliament House
WHEN: August, 2017
ABOUT: NSW Landscape Painting Prize for works painted en plein air
Our Burnt Dam
Acrylic on Canvas, 40x90cm, 2017
DOUG MORAN PORTRAIT PRIZE
Selected Semi-Finalist
Mantlepiece Treasures
Oil on Canvas, 150x100cm, 2018
SMALL IMAGES GRAND VISIONS
Group Exhibition
WHERE: Wagner Contemporary Gallery, Sydney
WHEN: December, 2017
ABOUT: Gallery and Invited Artists Paint 40x40cm
River Rock 2, Kimberley
Oil on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2017
2016
PORTIA GEACH MEMORIAL AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: S H Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney
WHEN: August, 2016
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize for Women
“Black As” Filmmaker, David Batty
JOHN COPES PORTRAIT PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Berrima and District Art Society
WHEN: 2016
ABOUT: Regional Portrait Prize
The Immigrant and His Akubra
mixed media on paper, 75x50cm, 2015
WATERHOUSE NATURAL HISTORY PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: South Australian Museum
WHEN: June- July 2016
ABOUT: National Art Prize of natural history subject matter
A Blizzard’s Calm
Acrylic on Canvas, 100x150cm, 2015
GOULBURN ART PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn, NSW
WHEN: 2016
ABOUT: Regional Art Prize
Polar Dawn 2
Acrylic on Canvas, 100x150cm, 2016
SHIRLEY HANNAN PORTRAIT PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Bega Valley Regional Art Gallery, Bega, NSW
WHEN: 2016
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize for Realism in Portraiture
Omar Musa, Blood Poetry
Oil on Canvas, 150x100cm, 2016
2015
ARCHIBALD PRIZE
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
WHEN: June, 2015
ABOUT: National Portrait Prize
Omar Musa, The Poetry of Unease
Oil on Canvas, 230x165cm, 2015
COSSACK ART AWARDS
Invited Artist
WHERE: Karratha, Western Australia
WHEN: July – August, 2015
ABOUT: Regional Landscape Prize
The Long Shadows of Whiskers Creek
Acrylic on Canvas, 80x160cm, 2012
“URBAN SUBURBAN”
Invited Artist Group Exhibition
WHERE: Canberra and Museum Art Gallery, Canberra
WHEN: March – June, 2015
ABOUT: Curated by Denise Mimmochi, Curator CMAG, about Canberra, ACT
Tower
charcoal, conte, pastel on paper,
40x30cm, 2007
CALLEEN ART AWARD
Selected Finalist
WHERE: Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
WHEN: May – June, 2015
ABOUT: National Painting Prize
Polar Shadows
Acrylic on Canvas, 40x40cm, 2014