ARTIST BIO

Education:

• 2019 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• 2012 – Diploma of Photoimaging – Wodonga TAFE
• 2011 – Certificate IV in Photoimaging – Wodonga TAFE
• 2010 – Online photography course with George Seper
• 1983 – Trade Certificate in Hand & Machine Composing (graphic design) – Canberra TAFE2

Specialities

• Landscape and Waterscape
• Art Photography
• Fine Art Photography
• Product and Commercial Photography

Exhibitions:

• 2018 – Pfeiffer’s Winery Photography show – Won View’s Choice Award for “Serenity”
• 2018 – Chiltern Art Prize
• 2018 – Across the Arts Yarrawonga/Mulwala Photography Exhibition & Competition – Category Winner (Professional – Colour) & Viewer’s Choice Award for “Serenity”
• 2018 - 2018 – Warranwood Art Exhibition – 4 photographs, 2 sold and 1 award (Highly Commended)
• 2018 – “Eclectic – A Photographic Journey” – First solo exhibition at The Secret Cup
• 2018 – Rutherglen Art Show “Tastes of Art”
• 2018 – Federation Photographic Competition Exhibition
• 2017-2018 – Collective 2017, GIGS Art Gallery and Studios Member’s Exhibition
• 2017 – Across the Arts Yarrawonga Mulwala 2017 Amateur Photographic Competition
  and Exhibition – Awards: High Commended – Black and White; Runner Up – Colour – Landscape/Still life
• 2017 – Albury/Wodonga Photography Group “We Love Photography” Exhibition
• 2014 – Albury/Wodonga Photography Group “We Love Photography” Exhibition
• 2012 – Merge Exhibition – The Cube, Wodonga
• 2011 – Merge Exhibition – Wodonga Senior Secondary Collage

About Me:

Starting with the day my mother placed a Box Brownie in my hands when I was six years old, I’ve had a love of photography. Later helping my father in his darkroom I learned about the volatilities of chemicals and the handling of negatives. In the early years I borrowed his Nikon FT2 before purchasing my first SLR, the Nikon FG. I captured family, friends and the landscape around Albury/Wodonga.

My aspirations tend toward capturing the light in the landscape and conceptual photography. The Southern Riverina, just across the border of Victoria has a diversity that is eye-catching; fast flowing creeks and the broader Murray River.

Some of the world’s greatest photographers inspire me: Ansell Adams, Edward and Brett Weston, Max Dupain, Francesca Woodman, Olegas Truchenas and Peter Dombrovskis; to the contemporary masters – Christian Fletcher, Richard White, and Mark Grey.

Imperative to my work is the journey. It is the combination of so many things; being in the right place at the right time, even if it means leaving home before dawn and returning after dark. It is the concept of an image, research and planning, finding form and texture, the balance of light and shadow, and a hard won technique that facilitates the realisation of a job well done, a picture worth the effort.