Curriculum Vitae

STUDY

1970 – 1973 Art and Pottery Course, Evening College, Sydney
1990 Art Certificate – Drawing Ahead – QUT Kelvin Grove
1992 Sculpture and Bronze Casting – Tutor, Frank Lambert, McGregor School USQ
1992 Caboolture Toastmasters Club Speech Contest, Highest Honours Award.
1992 Pastel Painting, The Nude – Tutor, Kay Kane, RQAS
1992 Pastel Painting, Landscape – Tutor, Kay Kane, RQAS.
1992 Watercolour Painting – Tutor, Glen Gillard, RQAS
1992 Watercolour Painting – Tutor, Lois Beumer, RQAS
1993 Watercolour Realist Impressionism, Advanced – Tutor, David Taylor, USQ
1993 Pastel Portraiture – Tutor, Kay Kane – Royal Qld Art Society
1993 Pastel Landscape & Figure – Tutor, Kay Kane, Workshop Artisans Guild
1993 Sculpture – Stone Carving, Gateway TAFE College
1993 Sculpture – Aluminium Casting – McGregor, Uni Southern Qld
1994 Sculpture – Wood Veneer – Robert Dunlop – McGregor USQ
1994 Pastel Portraiture – Tutor, Kay Kane, Artisans Guild.
1994 Belly Dancing – North Point Tafe Caboolture.

1994 – 1997 Diploma of Fine Art, Sculpture Major, Brisbane Institute of Art. Received High Distinction in Sculpture.

1994 – 1999 Workshops – Paper making, Photoengraving, Etching, Painting, Textile Printing.
1995 Fabric Art & Silk Painting – Tutor, Del Andersen.
1995 Porcelain Doll making – Tutor, Greta Silk.
1996 Competent Toastmaster, Feb 16 Caboolture.
1998 Textile Printing – Jim Aitkenhead.
1999 Word Processing & Computer Course, North Point TAFE Caboolture.
1999 Painting, Tutor Elisabeth Cummings, McGregor USQ Winter School.
1999 Creative Technology – Tutor, Di Ball, Brisbane Institute of Art.
2000 Pottery Art Decoration – Tutor, Marc Sauvage.
2000 Glass Fusing Workshop, with Bev Butler.
2000 Textured Moulded Glass with Bev Butler.
2000 Advanced Diploma of Ceramics, Environmental Ceramics, Southbank Institute of TAFE.
2000 Advanced Diploma of Ceramics, Advanced Handbuilding, Southbank Institute of TAFE.
2001 Non Firing Finishes with Dave Lowe
2001 Advanced Diploma of Ceramics, Visual Communications, Southbank Institute of TAFE.
2001 Printing on Clay and Glass, with Lee Labrie.
2003 Course in CPR, Qld Ambulance.
2003 Introduction to Mosaics, with Scott Harrower, Brisbane.
2003 Screen Printing on Clay, with Bev Butler, Brisbane.
2004 The Art of Mosaic (Ravenna style) with Scott Harrower, McGregor USQ Summer School.
2004 Hebel Sculpture Carving, with Paul Stumkat at SOSQ.
2004 Mosaic Workshop with Scott Harrower at Tuntable Creek NSW.
2004 Silversmithing Workshop – Wendy Springfield – Brisbane Institute of Art.

SOME EXHIBITIONS

1985 Murrumba Art Gallery, Burpengary
1985 Craft Council Brisbane
1986 Craft Council Brisbane
1993 Woodgate and Childers Art Gallery
1993 Society of Sculptors South Bank
1993 Royal Easter Show, Sydney
1994 Sculpture, Satellite Project, Brisbane
1997 Graduating Students’ Exhibition, Brisbane Institute of Art.
1997 – 1998 Paper Print Book Exhibition – Traveling Qld
1998 Paper making – Exhibition (“Correspondence”) Traveling South Aust & Qld
1998 Works on Paper Exhibition at Brisbane Institute of Art, and at Old Fire Station Gallery Caboolture.

SOME AWARDS

1983 – 1988 Caboolture Show – Pottery – First & Second prizes
1988 – 1997 Artisans Guild – Sculpture & Pottery – various prizes
1990 Brisbane Exhibition – Sculpture & Pottery – 1st, 2nd and 3rd
1996 St Peter’s Art Show – Sculpture – First prize

SOME COMMISSIONS

1987 “Tea Set & Ashtrays” Kidron Valley Hydroponics.
1992 “Australian Swagman & His Dog”
1993 “Ned Kelly” Sculpture.
1993 Water Colour painting of the beachfront at Beachmere QLD.
1994 Sculpture – Beachmere State School
1996 Pastel portrait – Couple
1997 Pastel portrait – Child
1998 Abbey Museum, Pottery for the Archaeology dig.
1999 Abbey Museum, Sculpture & Pottery for the Archaeology dig.

TEACHING

1975 – 2002 Private Pottery classes.
1980 – Tutor of Pottery & Sculpture for 6 years at Woodford Prison.
1990 – 2001 Various workshops in Art, Sculpture, Pottery, Raku firing – for schools & art clubs.
2004 – Travelling workshops teaching The Art of Mosaic.

MISCELLANEOUS

Various works in private collections in Australia and overseas.
Listed in Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists.
Established Artisans’ Guild of Caboolture and Old Fire Station Art Gallery Caboolture.