Contact with natural phenomena such as the sea, animals, plants and the cycles of nature, provide me with inspiration for my artwork. The underlying theme is to raise an awareness of the importance of conserving and valuing the relationship between humans and nature.
Clay is my chosen medium because it incorporates the elements of earth, air, water and fire. Its versatility allows me to interpret the forms, colours and textures that I am attracted to by using a variety of firing methods including Raku, pit-firing and mid-range temperatures.
I was born in Melbourne where I attended Melbourne State College majoring in ceramics. I have exhibited my work in most Australian states and have work in many private and public collections including the Geelong, Newcastle and Shepparton Regional Galleries and various tertiary collections. In 1980 the Crafts Council of Australia selected me to participate in the International Ceramics Exhibition in Faenza,
Italy.
Group Exhibitions:
2022
Sculpture Bermagui, Bermagui NSW
25+ Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
25+ Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre,
Moruya NSW
2021
Sculpture Bermagui, Bermagui NSW
'Juncture' Spiral Gallery, Bega NSW
Navigate Arts, Tanja NSW
2020
Sculpture Bermagui, Bermagui
NSW
'Sculptures in the
Garden' Rosby Winery, Mudgee NSW
2019
Director's Choice exhibition, Ivy Hill
Gallery, Bermagui, NSW
Sculpture Bermagui, Bermagui Business
Acquisition Award, Bermagui, NSW
Ivy Hill Gallery with Cheryl
Davison and Katherine Boland, Wapengo NSW
'Sculptures
in the Garden' Rosby Winery, Mudgee NSW
2018
Sculpture Bermagui South East Arts
Achievement Award, Bermagui NSW
Sculpture in the Paddock, Shaw Estate
Winery Murrumbateman NSW
Sculpture on Clyde, Batemans Bay and
Willinga Park Bawley Point NSW
'Restless Earth' 2 person show,
Spiral Gallery Bega NSW
'Sculptures
in the Garden' Rosby Winery, Mudgee NSW2017
Sculpture on Clyde, Batemans Bay, NSW
The Q Space '20th Anniversary, Spiral
Gallery' Queanbeyan, NSW
Spiral Gallery '20th Anniversary, Spiral
Gallery', Bega, NSW
'Sculptures
in the Garden' Rosby Winery, Mudgee NSW
2016
'Sculpture on the Edge' Bermagui NSW
Kerrie Lowe Gallery 'Form, Surface,
Structure' Newtown, Sydney, NSW
'Sculptures
in the Garden' Rosby Winery, Mudgee NSW
Piramma Park 'Food,
Wine and Art Festival' Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW
2015
'Sculpture on the Edge' Bermagui NSW
Kerrie Lowe Gallery 'Form: an
exhibition of ceramic sculpture' Newtown, NSW
'Sculptures
in the Garden' Rosby Winery, Mudgee NSW
Huntington Estate Music Festival
(Musica Viva), ' Selected sculptures' Mudgee, NSW
2014
Spiral Gallery 'Local Fire' Bega NSW
'Sculptures
in the Garden' Rosby Winery, Mudgee NSW2013
'Sculpture on the Edge' Bermagui NSW
Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens, Liongate
Lodge, 'Artisans in the Gardens', Sydney, NSW
Spiral Gallery 'Local Structures' Bega,
NSW
2012
'Sculpture
on the Edge' Bermagui NSW
Spiral Gallery 'Washed Ashore' NSW
2011
'Sculpture on the Edge' Bermagui NSW
Artspace 'art@bermi' Fisherman's Wharf
Co-Op Bermagui NSW
2010
Spiral Gallery 'Hazy, Lazy Days of
Summer' Bega NSW
'Sculpture on the Edge' Bermagui NSW
The Q Arts Centre 'Artists of the Far
South Coast' Queanbeyan, NSW
Cuttagee Artists Show Barraga Bay NSW
2009
'Sculpture on the Edge' Bermagui NSW
Shoalhaven Meroogal Women's Arts Prize Touring Exhibition NSW
Woollombi Vineyards 'Sculpture in the
Vineyards' Woollombi, NSW
Bega Regional Gallery 'On the Edge -
Towards Postmodernism' Bega, NSW
2008
'Sculpture on the Edge' Bermagui NSW
'Sculpture in the
Forest' Kingstudio Gallery, Milton, NSW
'Sculpture by the Lake',
Lake Macquarie, NSW
'Sculpture in the
Vineyards' Woollombi Vineyards, Woollombi, NSW
'Oscillations' 2 person
show Spiral Gallery, Bega, NSW
'Southern
Oscillations' 2 person show, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown, NSW
2007
'Between the Cracks'
Watson Arts Centre, Watson, ACT
'Atmosphere
of Hope' Wild Art Group, ACT Legislative Assembly, ACT
'Landmarks'
Belconnen Art Gallery, ACT
2006
'Dangerous Liasons' Glass and Ceramic Artists, Kamberra Winery, ACT
'Studioholders, Joy Georgeson and Vivien Lightfoot', Strathnairn Homestead Gallery Holt, ACT
2005
Canberra Potters' Society Members Exhibition, ACT
1996
Orana Exhibition, Ceramic Sculpture,
ACT
1985
Far South Coast Arts Council Annual Exhibition, Bega, NSW
Exhibition with Valerie Georgeson, South Australian Royal Society of Arts, Adelaide, SA
1984
Darling Downs 1st National Acquisitive Ceramics Award, Toowoomba, Queensland
1983
Solo Show, Cook's Hill Galleries, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, NSW
1982
Invitation Exhibition Diamond Valley Art Awards, Victoria
'Artists Ceramics' Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW
'10 x10 A Decade of Diversity' Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne College, Victoria
Batman Festival Craft Purchase, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
1981
Solo Show, Cook's Hill Galleries, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, NSW
1980
Christmas Ceramics Gryphon Gallery,
Victoria
Christmas show, Cooks Hill Galleries,
Newcastle, NSW
'Centenary Celebration Exhibition,
Australian Crafts 1980' Meat Market Craft Centre, Nth Melbourne,
Victoria
Selection for 38th International
Ceramics Exhibition, Faenza, Italy, Crafts Council of Australia
Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
Diamond Valley Art Awards,
Greensborough, Victoria
Australian Ceramics of 1980, Faenza (6
artists) Potters Corner, Exeter, Tasmania
Crafts Council of Australia Gallery
selection, 38th International Exhibition, Faenza, Italy
1979
Gryphon Gallery with Don Wordsworth, Melbourne State
College, Victoria
1978
Contemporary Sculpture Triennial, La
Trobe University, Victoria
Ministry for the Arts: Crafts Awards
Preliminary Exhibition, Royal Melbourne Showground, Victoria
Victorian Ceramic Group Annual
Exhibition, Caulfield Arts Centre, Victoria
Caulfield Invitation Exhibition,
Caulfield Arts Centre, Victoria
Collection Pieces, National Gallery of
Victoria
1977
Gryphon Gallery 3 person show, Melbourne State
College Carlton, Victoria
Solo Exhibitions:
2012 Essential Object, Tathra Wharf ,
Tathra NSW
2009 Spiral Gallery, 'Eons' Bega, NSW
2007 Mawson Gallery, Mawson, ACT
1999 Aquaviva Water Garden Centre,
Ceramic Sculpture, ACT
1981 Cook's Hill Galleries, Cooks Hill, Newcastle, NSW
1983 Cook's Hill Galleries, Cooks Hill,
Newcastle, NSW
1979 Gallery 180, South Yarra, Victoria
Collections:
Ordos Municipal Government, Inner
Mongolia, China
Festival Collection, Victorian Ministry
for the Arts
Jackson Collection, Geelong Gallery, Victoria
Melbourne State College Collection, Victoria
Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
Caulfield Institute of Technology
Collection, Victoria
Newcastle Region Art Gallery Collection, NSW