Born in Canberra and now based in Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, I am a contemporary realist painter whose practice focuses on figurative work, portraiture, and still life. I hold degrees in Anthropology and Sociology from the Australian National University and the University of Tasmania, and several graduate qualifications in Education and the Visual Arts.

After teaching art in international schools in Nepal, Laos, and Thailand, I left teaching to pursue a full-time art practice more than twenty-five years ago. I have since lived and worked extensively throughout Asia, including Nepal, Laos, Thailand, and Singapore, an experience that has deeply informed my visual language. Much of my earlier work reflects the colour and diversity of the region.

In addition to my Asian experience, I lived in Rome after completing postgraduate studies in the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance, fulfilling a long-held ambition to immerse myself in this country of Masters and masterpieces, and deepen my engagement with classical technique and form.

My practice is grounded in realism, a genre I am drawn to for its technical precision, attention to light, and its ability to transform a flat surface into a convincing illusion of three-dimensional space. I am particularly interested in the quiet tension between observation and interpretation, and in the associative process through which ideas, form, and meaning are brought together. Recent work also engages with themes of empathy, attention, and ethical reflection, including new paintings addressing the climate crisis and wildlife conservation. I have also always had a deep passion for animals and a strong interest in the ethical ways we perceive different species, particularly the contrast between companion animals and those raised in factory farming systems. I am interested in helping shift perception as to how animals are seen, valued, and understood.

Above all, I seek to create work that invites emotional and experiential connection and contemplation, encouraging reflection.

I am a juried member of Artists for Conservation and the International Guild of Realism. I have been represented by galleries including Piktur Gallery (Bangkok) and Opera Gallery (Singapore), and am currently represented by Lethbridge Gallery in Brisbane. My work has been exhibited internationally in Bangkok, Singapore, London, Chicago, Berlin, and Santa Fe, as well as widely throughout Australia, and is held in private collections worldwide.