What's New...

I have just finished working on a picture book called "Noah's garden".

It tells us the story of a young boy called Noah who spends a long time, waiting for his baby sister, Jessica. Jessica is very sick and needs care in the hospital. While waiting for her, Noah plays in the hospital garden, with his GrandPa and GrandMa..

It is a beautiful story about the imaginary world of child paly, about the power of imagination and love.
The story has been writen by a very talented writer, Mo Johnson, who based the story on true events that touch a family of friends. The book will be published by Walker books Australia and should hit the shelves round Feb 2010....Stay tuned for more information!!!!

To see some of the pictures click here.

My recent works on canvas...

Separately...I am also working on a series of paintings inspired by the Australian landscape.
I am fascinated the power of light and how it can be represented. I am using a set of techniques that involves layering very diluted solutions of paints and mediums to try and represent the vibration of light in the atmosphere and on surfaces.

I have always felt a fascination with the conflict between the enduring permanence of the landscape and the ephemeral passing of human life.
Contemplation of the landscape deepens the awareness of my own mortality stirring the feelings of helplessness, loss and isolation that I have been with me since I was a child.

My art is an attempt to take a grasp on reality alleviating the mental suffering caused by an acute consciousness of the passing of time.
By capturing and interpreting the landscape, I record my passage, I loose myself in the permanence of the image, I achieve stillness and peace.

My most current works have developed around the intimate relationship between light and the landscape and explore the theory that one's vision of the land exists only because of the light that reveals it. A familiar environment suddenly becomes strikingly dramatic and exceptionally beautiful under a particular atmospheric occurrence. The light establishes patterns, shapes and shadows that vibrate with the individual elements of that landscape.

This short-lived transitory vision (of the landscape) is a consistent recurring reminder of the passing of time and that only the full appreciation of the present moment allows one to experience eternity.