As an artist I focus upon landscape and nature-based artwork, alongside being a writer and researcher. I have explored approaches to environmental art (past and present), in the context of broader investigations in the environmental humanities (building on the foundation of an academic career in the humanities). My artwork is essentially grounded in drawing and painting, with an interest in sustainable and organic creative processes.

I was recently awarded a Masters research degree in Visual Arts for a thesis in the form of a solo exhibition and treatise. This asked how contemporary landscape art can acknowledge climate change and environmental degradation, an inquiry which emerged out of the tragedy of the Black Summer fires. It was embedded in contemporary eco-centric thought and art and included a body of artworks which I characterised as ‘earthscapes’.

My present work continues with works on paper, using charcoal and earth pigments, to seek new and interesting ways of drawing imaginative attention to landscape as an ecological, living entity and habitat. I often focus upon local Ballarat landscapes, as the layered environmental history of the region is rich and complex.

I have exhibited in several Melbourne galleries and regional venues over time, including for some years in Metropolis Gallery in Geelong (now closed) and the Backspace and Post Office Galleries in Ballarat. I have been a finalist in the Lethbridge, Omnia, Flanagan and John Villiers art prizes. I have been supported at postgraduate level by an RTP Commonwealth government grant, and also by an Arts Council Resilience grant.