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Many of my recent thoughts and undertakings in the studio have prompted me to consider deeply the notion of being not just an artist but also an observer.   I don't just mean in a literal sense as if I was capturing a still life in charcoal or a en plein air landscape in paint. I mean really making sense of what I am seeing by bringing a multitude of senses to moment of looking.

Being an artist is a profound experience that transcends mere creation. It involves a deep awareness of the world around us and the emotions that dwell within us in response to it. This heightened sense of perception allows us to notice nuances in the world that might often go unnoticed. The way cloud shadows scud across an expansive landscape and the way sunlight plays through the forest canopy or smaller details like the shape of a leaf; these moments become the seeds for a

With my recent printing experiments now brooding quietly on the studio bench and as I wonder where to go next with them, I've been tuning into the importance of experimentation. Stepping beyond tried and proven processes or techniques and embracing working with new materials is always a step into the unknown. And one to be relished rather than feared!

What makes you happy? It could be any number of things....a coffee and catch up with friends; a family celebration; an ice-cream on a sunny day or a swim in the ocean. These things can all create feelings of intense contentment in the moment, a joy and happiness that surpasses anything else. But they can also be fleeting and not necessarily easily replicated to the extent that they bring you the same quantity or quality of joy time after time; they're subject to possible vari

What do you give an artist for Christmas? There's something that's top of my list this year...... No, it's not paint, or new pencils or brushes or even workshop experiences or a special gallery visit (though I'd love to be gifted a quick trip to Sydney to see the Magritte exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.....) But in reality, it's none of those things.

I've tried juggling more than once.... I can definitely say, it's not on my list of successful achievements! But set aside, for a moment, the image of a court jester's outfit and the three pointed hat with bells on the end and the pixie shoes with the curled up toes.