Category: Inspiration

  • The Owl and the Lizard

    A photo – one of my favourites – from my second WordPress post, to celebrate 100 posts. This frillneck lizard still lives in our garden, though my mosiac owl now sits tucked away under a tree, grounded by termites that made a feast of its perching place. There was purpose in the lizard’s highly focused,…

  • Love City Life

    The power of presentation. Same images, mixed messages.

  • I found myself in a small well-appointed apartment in the heart of Brisbane last week. Located on the twenty-sixth floor, so far from the ground, it felt like being imprisoned. No trees, not much colour; concrete, steel and hard lines hemming me in. Another collage series coming on.    

  • Hedge Hogs

    You enter Coombe Yarra Valley Restaurant through this imposing hedge that protects seven acres of gardens surrounding Coombe Cottage. The restaurant, which uses fabulous local produce, and can turn out beautifully cooked dishes for 150, incorporates the old stables and garages.  Coombe Cottage, the main house, was the home of world renowned opera singer Dame…

  • I imagine… underwater fantasy

    This work had a long gestation period – nearly two years. It started as pencil drawing while on holidays, then for a long time stayed as a blue and white abstract, waiting for further inspiration. Whilst retaining the basic structure, I altered the some of the forms so that I could experiment with warm and…