"My paintings are based on the interesting and often secret narrative of regional Australia's inland waterways.
My intent is for the viewer to firstly see a deconstructed landscape as a cohesive whole then to be drawn in closer to notice the nuanced layers, signatures and details.
I am drawn to the mosaics of colour, the whimsical scribbles of nature’s marks and the lacey reflections on the water.
Without focusing on the literal and descriptive, the work subtly suggests and translates the story of the dynamic, evolving wetland environment. " Nat Ward, 2016.
BACHELOR of FINE ARTS
Canterbury University ~ Major-painting
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?2019 Solo show Rochfort Gallery
2018 Group show 'Petals and Pods' Rochfort Gallery
2018 Group show 'Land and Sea' Rochfort Gallery
2018 Group show ‘Whimsy’ Rochfort Gallery
COMMENDATIONS and PROJECTS
2019 Finalist Waverley art award
2019 Selected art for ephemeral project, Wodonga council
?2018 Finalist John Leslie award for landscape
2017 Selected artist -'the other art fair Sydney'
2017 FIRST PRIZE Trinity acquisitive art award
2017 Feature artist GO LOCAL magazine
2016 Public art (enlarged image wrapped on central Albury substation)
2016 Finalist Pro Hart outback award
2016 Feature artist, Trinity art award
2015 Highly commended Hume art award
2014 Finalist Hume art award
2012 Highly commended Hume art award
2012 Peoples choice (joint) Hume art award
2012 Selected artist, Wonga Wetlands ephemeral project
2012 Commended Chiltern art award
2006-2014
GROUP and SOLO shows
Sydney Albury Wodonga
2016 Solo show MAMA (Murray Art Museum Albury)
WORK HELD IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
MAMA Albury public art gallery
TRINITY ANGLICAN SCHOOL
