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Why Original Art Matters
In a world filled with mass-produced décor and endless online shopping, it’s easy for our walls to become predictable. Prints can be beautiful, but they often lack something essential: a human story. An original painting is different. It exists only once in the world. Every brushstroke carries the artist’s decisions, emotions, and moments of inspiration.…
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Wynnum Calm
A friend challenged me to produce a painting of a local area, Wynnum Creek. To prepare for this painting, I studied the area, walked around, and took lots of reference photos. I saw it at low tide, high tide, peaceful and hectic. Sometimes, with people fishing and playing, with boats, jet skis, and kayaks coming…
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Memories captured in art
Art for me is a personal journey. Capturing memories, feelings, a sight, a sound … a moment in time that made an impression on me. This recent piece was from a family memory. Many moments condensed into one piece. The sharing of a cup of tea, around the table, nothing fancy, the everyday cups, the…
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What the artist in me sees
From a young age, I realised that I saw things differently than those around me.
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Digital art: to be or not to be?
am a convert! I love painting and drawing digitally. To be clear, this does not mean that I am giving up my canvases, pencils and paints.
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Old and New
I love the light, sounds, and smell of a rainforest. The visual feast of the colours and textures…
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Look under the Cook
This series of works provides a good “underlook” at this well-known Brisbane Landmark.
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Native Beauties
The shapes, the colours, the textures are all so intricate, so beautiful and inspiring.
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