Welcome to my Bluethumb page dedicated to my oil paintings
I have been exhibiting my work since 1986 and participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions‚
an expressionist painter and my subject has remained the landscape and the figure
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Persona Celebrity Public Deakin University‚ Melbourne Burwood Campus
2015 Epiphany. Tusk Gallery‚ Melbourne
2014 Inspirations‚ Hawthorn Gallery and Studio‚ Melbourne
2013 Birds‚ Yering Station Gallery‚ Yarra Glen
2012 A Cat Called China and Other Paintings‚ Yering Station Gallery‚ Yarra Glen
Natural Order‚ Louey and Lane Gallery‚ Melbourne
Birds and Landscapes‚ Qdos Gallery‚ Lorne
2011 Landscapes‚ Gadfly Gallery‚ Perth
Paintings2011‚ Hawthorn Gallery and Studio‚ Melbourne
2009 On the Wing‚ Without Pier Gallery‚ Melbourne
Wild at Heart‚ Gadfly Gallery‚ Perth
Pieces of Me‚ Greenhill Gallery‚ Adelaide
2006 Transitional Landscapes‚ Gallery One/Five Sons Estate Melbourne
2005 Elemental Landscapes‚ Kazari Gallery‚ Melbourne
2004 From The Wilderness‚ Collins Street Gallery‚ Melbourne
1996 Icons‚ Idols‚ Effigies and Fetishes‚ Scope Gallery‚ Melbourne
1995 Mamawata. Scope Gallery‚ Melbourne
1994 Paintings And Sculpture‚ Botanical Gallery‚ Melbourne
1993 Paintings From The Road‚ Botanical Gallery‚ Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2015 Works on Paper. Without Pier‚ Melbourne
2014 Group Show‚ Hawthorn Studio and Gallery‚ Melbourne
Urban Country stock room show‚ Jackman Galllery‚ Melbourne
Maritime art prize‚ Mission to Seafarers‚ Melbourne
2013 Maritime art prize‚ Mission to Seafarers‚ Melbourne
Group Show‚ Jackman gallery‚ St Kilda
2012 Maritime art prize‚ Mission to Seafarers‚ Melbourne
2010 Group Show‚ Hawthorn Studio and Gallery‚ Melbourne
2009 Kazari 2009‚ Kazari Gallery‚ Melbourne
Mansfield 2009 Easter Art Exhibition
The Wish List Greenhill Gallery‚ Adelaide
Postcard Christmas Show Without Pier Gallery‚ Melbourne
2008 Art Melbourne‚ Seaview Gallery
Stockroom Exhibition‚ Pivotal Galleries Melbourne
The Good Earth‚ Greenhill Gallery‚ Adelaide
The Heysen Prize Finalist‚ The Hahndorf Academy‚ South Australia
2004 New Collectables‚ Gadfly Gallery‚ Perth
Norvill Art Prize‚ Murrurundi‚ N.S.W
2003 Kazari Gallery Presents New Work by Artists‚ Kazari Gallery‚ Melbourne
2000 Christmas Show‚ Helen Gory Gallery‚ Melbourne
1997 Art In Time‚ Christies. South Yarra‚ Melbourne
1995 Christmas Show‚ Scope Gallery‚ Melbourne
1993 5th Anniversary Show‚ Robb Street Gallery‚ Bairnsdale
Artists Candelabra‚ Melbourne Theatre Company Ball‚ The Hyatt‚ Melbourne
Summer 1993‚ Botanical Gallery‚ Melbourne
1991 New Art 5‚ Coventry Gallery‚ Sydney
1990 A Young Collector's Exhibition‚ Coventry Gallery‚ Sydney
Greenpeace Fundraising Show‚ Linden Gallery‚ Melbourne
1989 Melbourne Painters‚ Robb Street Gallery‚ Bairnsdale
15 Shopping days to Christmas‚ Coventry Gallery‚ Sydney
1986 Winter Collection‚ Rumbarellas Gallery‚ Melbourne
9x5 Show‚ Rumbarellas Gallery‚ Melbourne
Prizes and competitions
2013 Finalist Maritime art prize‚ Mission to Seafarers Victoria Melbourne
2012 Finalist Maritime art prize‚ Mission to Seafarers Victoria Melbourne
2007 Finalist The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2007‚ Adelaide
2006 Finalist The Waterhouse Prize 2006‚ Finalist‚ South Australian Museum
2005 Finalist The Waterhouse Prize 2005‚ Finalist‚ South Australian Museum
Finalist The Heysen Prize Finalist‚ The Hahndorf Academy‚South Australia
2004 Finalist Norvill Art Prize‚ Finalist‚ Murrurundi‚ N.S.W
Commissions
2008 Avant Cards “Feral Cat in Rosebush (ladder of thorns)”
2002 The Ink Group; "The Blue Band" Card published
Bibliography
1991 Dury‚ Neville. Editor‚ New Art 5