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"The life of an artist is complicated although from outside it appears simple. The challenges are deep and profound; the mind takes off in a myriad of distractions, the body is put under many tests, the emotions are as fluid as paint itself and one never knows what the final canvas will be like - it is a never ending journey that one has to take." Joy Engelman 2024

INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONS, EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS

2024 "LANGUAGE OF CO-EXISTENCE, ART" - Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Goeje, South Korea

          "Excellence Award"

2023 "FUOCO CAMMINA CON ME" - CAM Museum Casoria Naples Italy

2022 "WATER FOR LIFE" - Maya Museum Cancun Mexico
2018 "WATER FOR LIFE" - Niagara Falls Museum Niagara Falls Canada

2010 "Small Treasures" - Galleria di Marchi - Milan - Italy (paintings got lost)

2009 LandfillArt.org - a travelling international artist reclamation project

2008 Museum at Ferrara Italy - Castello Estense

2008 Biennale Austria (invited)
2008 Galleria Mentana - Invited to exhibit solo
2007 Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea - Florence Italy - Awarded a Medici Medal for Paintings

2007 Guangzhou Arts Fair (accepted for future)
2005 Florence Biennale (invited)
2003 First International Art Festival Chania Cypress (invited and exhibited)
2000 First International Corporate Competition - Morgan Stanley Bank - Manhattan NY (invited - event cancelled)

AWARDS, MEDALS & PURCHASES

2024 "Excellence Award" 10th Goeje International Arts Festival, South Korea

2007 'Lorenzo il Magnifico' Medici Medal - fifth Premio Pittura - Florence Biennale

2000  NATIONAL & RURAL AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT - CANBERRA ACT

2000  Australia New Zealand Regional Science Award - Innovation in Government

1993  Australia Day Award - Received for community service, for personal achievement in the arts and                                encouragement to artists with disabilities in their endeavours to achieve

1990 Honorary Life Member - Orange Needlecraft Group - Presented for commitment, design and guidance to                the group for their special projects for the Orange Regional Gallery and community

1989 Kinross Wolaroi Art Purchase - School Purchase - Judge: Campbell Gray

1988 'Women in '88 Award' - Presented by the Bicentennial Authority to 1200 women Australia wide for                            outstanding personal commitment to their chosen field.

1988 Australia Day Award - Presented by the City of Orange and the Australia Day Council for achievements and             endeavours in the arts and for community work related to the arts

1988  Kinross-Wolaroi Art Purchase - Carpenter & Dumbrell Purchase - Judge: Ruth Faerber

1988  Forbes Art Exhibition - Highly Commended - Watercolour - Judge: John Lennox

1987  Portland Art Purchase - Judge: Campbell Gray (Dir. Penrith Reg Gallery)

1986  Portland Art Purchase - Judge: Jane Raffin 3 awards

1984  Portland Art Purchase - Western Gold Purchase - Judge Brian Ladd - Education Officer AGNSW

1983  Orange Show Grand Champion - Fine Arts Section,Grand Champion - Watercolour 

1982  Bathurst Show - First Black & White Photography Section

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023        "DRYLANDS - sacred ground" - The Peisley Street Gallery Orange NSW

2020        "Land / Story" - The Peisley Street Gallery Orange NSW

2019        "Moods of Mungo" - Mungo Lodge Gallery Arumpo VIC

2017        "Flow" - Ludlow Gallery Orange NSW

2013        "Land / Marks" - Jayes Gallery Molong NSW

2011        “Going Solo” - Town Hall, Forbes NSW

2010        "Through my eyes" - Orange Regional Gallery - Gallery One - Survey of works over 30 years

2010        "The Eye of the Eagle" - Aarwun Gallery, Canberra ACT

2010        "The Eye of the Eagle" - Jayes Gallery Molong NSW

2008        'Under Autumn Skies' - Jayes Gallery, Molong NSW

2008        'Living in the Landscape' - Borrodell Cellar Gallery, Orange NSW

2002        'Recent Works' - Cargo Road Wines Gallery NSW

2000        'Forest Moods' - Orange NSW

1999        'Postcards from Cabonne Country & Beyond' - Cabonne NSW

1998        'Bathurst & Beyond' - Orange NSW

1997        'Mungoscapade' - Toronto NSW

1997        'Mungoscapade' - Bathurst NSW

1996        'Emu Dreaming' - Blayney NSW

1996        'Walkabout with JoiE' Orange NSW

1996        'Trying to be Objective' - Molong NSW

1995        'Mungo Dreaming' - Law Faculty, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW

1995        'Noody Blues' - Google Bar & Gallery, The Tavern, Bathurst NSW

1995        'Outback Paintings' - Orange NSW

1993        'Outback Paintings' - Bourke NSW (Guest of the City)

1993        'Menindee Notebook' - Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW

1993        'Menindee Notebook' - Holdsworth Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra NSW

1991        'Earthworks' - Orange NSW

1991        'A Retrospective' - Bathurst NSW

1991        'Special Places' - Holdsworth Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra NSW

1990        'Autumn Ploughing' - Molong NSW

1989        'Landscape Series' - Holdsworth Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra NSW

1989        'Shoreline Series' - Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT

1988        'Two Birds of a Feather' - Bathurst NSW

1986        'Lilies' - Mitchell College Union, Bathurst NSW

1986        'Channel Country' - Bathurst NSW

1986        'Cancer Is' - Orange NSW

1985         'Byrock Is' - Bathurst NSW

1983         'Fire in the Mountain' Series - Bathurst NSW

1982          Solo Exhibition - Wentworth Falls NSW

1982          Save the Children Fund (Charity Function)

1980          Wyoming Court Gallery, Orange NSW

CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019/2023         Bathurst Art Fair, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst NSW

2020/2022        "Here and Now" Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW

2018                 "My own backyard" Artstate, Bathurst NSW

2017/2015        "Wild Women of Arkaroola PLUS" at Orange/Woollahra

2013                  “A Clear View” Orange Base Hospital

2012                   Finalist - Flannery Art Prize, Bathurst NSW

2012                  "Artists of the Outback" - Aarwun Galleries, Canberra ACT

2011                  “Healing Space” - Bathurst Health Service

2010                   CONTEMPORANEA - Melbourne & Canberra

2008                   'Traces of Memory' Estense Castle, Ferrara, Italy

2008                   Calleen Acquisition Prize - Cowra Regional Gallery (Finalist)

2007                   In Site Out - Orange Botanic Gardens NSW

2007                   'Drawing Together' Art Award - Canberra ACT (Finalist for Diptych 'The Spirit of the Land' in                                      collaboration with Ngari Reynolds -  purchased by Dept of Environment, Water, Heritage & the                                  Arts - Hangs in the Dept of Environment Building Canberra)

2006                    Designers & Creators Expo, Canberra ACT

2006                    'Art of Seeing' - Borrodell Cellar Gallery, Orange

2006                    'View to Abstraction' - Borrodell Cellar Gallery

2005                    Careflight Art Show (Adviser to Committee)

2005                    'Elements of Nature' (with Jola Nejman) Bathurst 

2004                    Country Embassy, Sydney NSW - Regional Artists

2002                    'A Walk in the Forest' - Jayes Gallery, Molong 

2002                    'Outdoor Art Expo' Orange Regional Gallery NSW

2002                    'Dinners for Gala' Orange NSW (curator for exhibition)

2001                    'Gallery Christmas Exhibition' Orange 

2001                    Exhibition with Wanda Driscoll - Cargo Rd Gallery

2001                    'Floriart' - Orange Botanic Gardens NSW

2001                    'Art of Keppel' Bathurst NSW

2001                    'A Force of Nature' Canowindra NSW

1996                    '150 Orange Then & Now' Orange Sesquicentennial Committee - Orange 

1982                    Bathurst Art Award (Finalist selected by Elwynn Lynn)

1982                    Condobolin Art Show - Highly Commended - Open Section - Judge: Hugh Schultz (Brushmen of                              the Bush)

1982                    Wellington Art Exhibition - First B & W Photo Section - Judge: Frank Kalff, Watercolour - 2nd                                     Prize - Judge: Shirley Battye

1982                    Portland Art Purchase - Blue Circle Southern Cement Purchase, Austen & Butta Purchase, Kath &                              Howard Cook Purchase - Judge: Jane Raffin

1981                    Goulbourn Lilac Festival - Highly Commended - Judge: Guy Warren

1981                    Canberra Times Award (selected by Edmund Capon)

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