These artworks include those from my back catalogue.

All artworks completed since 2000 are painted in acrylic on canvas. Prize winners are noted on the AWARDS & SHOWINGS page.


The paintings are shown from newest to oldest. Please click on each image for enlarged view and to read the artist's statement.

John Stribling Art Gallery

122 WA Gothic (2013) 

53cm x 79cm SOLD City of Gosnells Art Award 2014 to a private buyer. 

My version of “American Gothic” (Grant Wood 1930). This south west homage depicts a tough and resilient family standing proudly before their limestone house

127 The Net (2013)
64cm x 64cm
SOLD AT THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS WA SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2013 - This painting was created with an intentional ambiguity, referring to both shark nets and the internet.
129 Mysterious Traveller (2013)
104cm x 79cm
 SOLD AT THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS WA SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2013. The great white shark is an iconic beast of Western Australian beach folklore.
130 Surfacing (2013)
48cm x 64cm AU$600.00
This painting reflects spiritual growth. A vulnerable naked man is exposed as he rises to the surface and the light, a symbol of spiritual enlightenment.
131 Christmas Trees (2014)
A vast landscape swelters under a setting mid-summer sun. Christmas trees writhe in the heat, decorating the salt bush plain with their colourful bauble-like shapes.

132 Signs of the Times: Americana #1 (2014)
 25cm x 30cm 

SOLD as group of 9 at DELOITTE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2014. This series reflects iconic signage on the road through south western USA.



133 Signs of the Times: Americana #2 (2014)
 25cm x 30cm
SOLD as group of 9 at DELOITTE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2014. This series reflects iconic signage on the road through south western USA.

134 Signs of the Times: Americana #3 (2014)
25cm x 30cm
SOLD as group of 9 at DELOITTE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2014. This series reflects iconic signage on the road through south western USA.


136 Signs of the Times: Americana #4 (2014)
25cm x 30cm
SOLD as group of 9 at DELOITTE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2014. This series reflects iconic signage on the road through south western USA.


136 Signs of the Times: Americana #5 (2014)
25cm x 30cm
SOLD as group of 9 at DELOITTE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2014. This series reflects iconic signage on the road through south western USA.


136 Signs of the Times: Americana #6 (2014)
25cm x 30cm
SOLD as group of 9 at DELOITTE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2014. This series reflects iconic signage on the road through south western USA.


136 Signs of the Times: Americana #7 (2014)
25cm x 30cm
SOLD as group of 9 at DELOITTE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2014. This series reflects iconic signage on the road through south western USA.


136 Signs of the Times: Americana #8 (2014)
25cm x 30cm
SOLD as group of 9 at DELOITTE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2014. This series reflects iconic signage on the road through south western USA.


136 Signs of the Times: Americana #9 (2014)
25cm x 30cm
SOLD as group of 9 at DELOITTE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2014. This series reflects iconic signage on the road through south western USA.


21st Century Blues #2 Guerrillas in the Midst (2015)
47cm x 47cm.
Online finalist and sold at the Lethbridge 10000 Award 2016. A comment on the current terror threat landscape in Australia.

21st Century Blues #1 The New Pandemic (2015) $200.
In what has become highly recognised attire, the world’s ever vigilant medical professionals and volunteers spell out the threat of the planet’s new diseases.

052 Eagle Bay Armchair (2005)
46cm x 92cm
GIFT 2007
A favourite holiday destination for many Perth families, this small South West bay offers clear waters and a carefree lifestyle. The figure’s concerned expression reminds us that beauty is dangerous.

060 Henderson St Fremantle (2005)
51cm x 102cm
SOLD AT CITY OF MELVILLE ART AWARDS 2005 - PRIVATE BUYER
Street portrait of Henderson Street, Fremantle on a Friday evening.

062 Portrait of Melissa (2006) 76cm x 76cm GIFTED POSTHUMOUSLY TO THE PAYNE FAMILY Portrait of Melissa ‘Daisy’ Longwill.

065 Surfboat (2006)
76cm x 76cm
PRIVATE BUYER
Battling enormous seas, this is a tribute to the beach life savers who risk personal injury to protect the beach going public.

066 Hill Tara on Lake Monger (2006)
91cm x 91cm
GIFT 2011
An urban landscape painting looking across Lake Monger to Grantham Street and Hill Tara in Wembley.


067 Wetlands (2006)

101cm x 101cm
SOLD AT VICTORIA PARK ART AWARDS 2006 – PURCHASED BY TOWN OF VICTORIA PARK
 Stylized landscape image of the elements of a wetlands scene.

068 Anzac Day at Axford Park (2006)
91cm x 91cm
WINNER JOHN HYDE AWARD AT TOWN OF VINCENT ART AWARD 2006 – PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF VINCENT
A young girl comes forward in heavy rain to lay her tribute to the fallen on Anzac Day in Mt Hawthorn in 2006.

073 Dancers on a Beach (2007)
30cm x 25cm
SOLD AT THE OLD BAKERY ON 8TH EXHIBITION 2008 – PRIVATE BUYER
Young dancers move to the tunes from a portable radio on a late afternoon at the beach.

074 Scruffy Leaves Home (2007)
25cm x 21cm
SOLD AT THE OLD BAKERY ON 8TH EXHIBITION 2008 – PRIVATE BUYER
One of life’s sadnesses is that we eventually outlive our beloved pets. Scruffy the dog departs to a higher plane.

075 Sea Gals (2007)
25cm x 20cm
SOLD AT THE OLD BAKERY ON 8TH EXHIBITION 2008 – PRIVATE BUYER
Another in the series of morphed women/seagull figures inspired by a group of private schoolgirls on Cottesloe Beach.

076 Hotel Blue (2007)
94cm x 63cm
AU$600.00
Hotel Blue is a double entendre which reflects both the primary colours of the picture and the violence which has become too prevalent in the hotel culture in Western Australia.

077 I Miss You (2007) 

91cm x 61cm 

SOLD AT THE ALBANY ART AWARD 2008 – PRIVATE BUYER 

This painting deals with the themes of longing and loss, and in this case, how these memories are managed at a human level.


078 The Art of Negotiation (2007)
90cm x 60cm
SOLD AT THE OLD BAKERY ON 8TH EXHIBITION 2008 – PRIVATE BUYER
Depicts the expressions, movements and moods of the art of negotiation.

085 Tree of Life in Autumn (2007)
60cm x 90cm
SOLD AT WANNEROO ART AWARDS 2008 – PURCHASED BY CITY OF WANNEROO
The many faces of humanity shed their individual concerns (in the form of Autumn leaves) and become one organic body.

086 Two Virgins (2007) 

90cm x 122cm 

AU$1,000.00 

Two young lovers caught up in the swirls of emotion that accompany a first romantic encounter with the opposite sex.

088 My Melancholia (2008)
124cm x 93cm
WINNER CHOICE AWARD AT THE SPRING ROSE ART SHOW (CYSTIC FIBROSIS WA) 2010 – PURCHASED BY FRIENDLY SOCIETY CHEMISTS
 A melancholic figure sits at the edge of the society, not interacting with it.

093 New Horizon (2008)
91cm x 91cm
SOLD AT NATIONAL LIFESTYLE VILLAGE (NLV) EXHIBITION 2008 – PURCHASED BY NLV
Australian bush scene at dawn.

094 Sunrise from Rottnest Island (2008) 155cm x 106cm
SELECTED FOR EXHIBITION AT THE SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL INVITATIONAL ART AWARD 2008 SOLD AT MANDJAR ART AWARDS 2010 – PRIVATE BUYER
Painted on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, facing east.

100 Girls Night Out (2008)
92cm x 45cm
WINNER BEST 2D PICTURE VICTORIA PARK ART AWARDS 2008 – PURCHASED BY PRIVATE BUYER
The ladies are having a night out to themselves. A waiter serves them drinks under the colourful lights of a nightclub bar.

103 Skyscape 1 Paddington Hotel Mt Hawthorn (2009)
104cm x 79cm
AU $700.00
One of a series of Perth skyscapes featuring our most striking hotel architecture. The edifices are only represented at the bottom of the canvas, leaving the sky to dominate.

106 All The Right Moves (2009)
92cm x 45cm
 DONATION TO THE OLD BAKERY SOROPTOMISTS AUCTION 2011 – SOLD TO PRIVATE BUYER
 This painting depicts an Art Deco style jazz dance scene.The couple shift their way across the canvas in a series of rhythmic moves.

107 The Horse Latitudes (2009)
93cm x 93cm
AU$1,000.00
Depicts the old practice of jettisoning sick or injured horses from becalmed sailing ships. This horse is swimming, not drowning, creating an atmosphere of hope in the face of impending doom.

108 Wish You Were Here (2009)
 78cm x 78cm
AU$1,000.00
Thousands of Western Australians holiday in the Asia every year. This picture is homage to those tourists and depicts a group of friends enjoying a drink around a hotel pool bar in Bali.

109 Betty's Last Stop (2010) 

63cm x 78cm 

WINNER HIGH COMMENDATION ARTHRITIS WA ART EXHIBITION 2010 – SOLD TO PRIVATE BUYER 

The final resting place of a grand old Ford pickup near Kalgoorlie is a metaphor for old age.

110 Reflections on Kuta Beach (2010)
94cm x 63cm
GIFT
My friend, Jane, stands on Kuta Beach, Bali in her typical pose. The sunset with its magnificent colours is reflected on the wet sands.

111 Birds of a Feather (2010)
83cm x 78cm
AU$900.00
Another in the series of morphed womenseagulls inspired by a group of private school girls on Cottesloe Beach.

112 The Flying Mid-On (2010)
83cm x 78cm
WINNER HIGH COMMENDATION AWARD NATIONAL LIFESTYLE VILLAGE (NLV) EXHIBITION 2010 – PURCHASED BY PRIVATE BUYER
The great Australian summer pastime of beach cricket is a fun game played seriously.



124 Scruffy Leaves Home 2 (2012)
64cm x 64cm
SOLD CYSTIC FIBROSIS WA SPRING ROSE ART SHOW 2012
One of life’s great sadness’s is that we eventually outlive our beloved pets

115 Hot In The City (2011)
78cm x 62cm
EXCHANGE for one of MARK HUESSENSTAMM's signature fish scultures.
A hot and drained parade of people pass a billboard advertising the cruel tease of a cool escape in paradise on a scorching summer’s day



116 The Moon is a Ghostly Galleon (2011) 78cm x 78cm $800.00 HIGH COMMENDATION CITY OF WANNEROO ART AWARDS 2010 A literary allusion to the narrative poem The Highwayman (1906) by Alfred Noyes.


116 The Moon is a Ghostly Galleon (2011) 78cm x 78cm $800.00 HIGH COMMENDATION CITY OF WANNEROO ART AWARDS 2010 A literary allusion to the narrative poem The Highwayman (1906) by Alfred Noyes.

118 Only the Lonely (2011)
WINNER Victoria Park Art Awards 2012 and purchased by the City of Victoria Park.
 This picture represents the emotional state of mind of the outsider, the drifter, existing within the confines of the city. 

119 Tres Amigos (2012) 

61cm x 61cm 

PRIVATE COMMISSION 2012 

Three small canine friends greet their owner’s arrival home with expectant eyes, wagging tails and great exuberance.

123 Side Show Alley (2012)
Purchased by the City of Belmont at the Belmont Art Awards 2013.
My first recollections of the Perth Royal Show included this visit to Side Show Alley with all its exotica, excitement and menace

126 Aussie Bus Stop (2012).
Purchased by the City of Wanneroo at the Wanneroo Art Awards 2013.
Homage to multiculturalism the Australian way. Purchased by the City of Wanneroo at the Wanneroo Art Awards 2013.

001 The Eternal Dance (2001) 

88cm x 88cm. 

AU$800.00 

Girls chase boys, boys chase girls – and so it goes on through the ages.

002 Broken Boats 2002 

85cm x 85cm 

PRIVATE SALE 2003 

A serene resting place for vessels past their use-by date. A metaphor for old age.

003 Cool Day at Burns Beach 2002
51cm x 41cm
SOLD AT MONSOON GALLERY BROOME 2003 – PRIVATE BUYER
Two swimmers cool down on a hot day at Burns Beach, north of Perth.

004 Cottesloe Beach 2000
51cm x 41cm
PRIVATE SALE 2003
Perth’s premier swimming beach is well frequented by sun seekers in all their glory over the summer months. This painting takes a light hearted, cheeky view of Cottesloe beach bathers.

007 The Fishermen 2002
61cm x 46cm
GIFT 2006
This picture depicts the awesome, heavy seas of the southern ocean and the net fishermen who battled it in heavy wooden boats many years ago. A David versus Goliath scenario which celebrates human endeavour.


009 Beach Towel 2004
58cm x 68cm
PRIVATE SALE 2004
This is one a series of paintings featuring this great Australian icon. Seeking respite from the midday sun, the sunbaker lies under the towel on the hot sands.

010 Wind Song 2001
51cm x 46cm
PRIVATE SALE 2003
The wind swirls and eddies through the trees producing the sound of the moving air, the wind song.

022 Between Heaven and the Deep Blue Sea 2002
46cm x 61cm
SOLD AT MONSOON GALLERY BROOME 2004 – PRIVATE BUYER
Another in the series exploring the transition between life and death. The viewer is blessed by the deity in the apse.

027 The Birthday Party 2003 

102cm x 76cm 

PRIVATE SALE 2004 

The politics of parties. The guests are too busy gossiping and interacting with each other to notice the arrival of the birthday cake.

028 Sunflowers 2003
61cm x 61cm
WEDDING GIFT 2003
Wedding gift for Shane and Carmela. Her favourite flowers, plus hidden Spanish bull (her) and Aussie kangaroos (him).

031 Phil Collins Big Band Plays Susudio 2002
51cm x 76cm
PRIVATE COMMISSION 2003
The big and brassy sounds of the Phil Collins Big Band. Painted on the request of the client after he played the song to me and asked if I could paint the music for him.

031 Phil Collins Big Band Plays Susudio 2002
51cm x 76cm
PRIVATE COMMISSION 2003
The big and brassy sounds of the Phil Collins Big Band. Painted on the request of the client after he played the song to me and asked if I could paint the music for him.

033 First Light of Day 2001
51cm x 41cm
PRIVATE SALE 2002
A passage between the trees leads the viewer deeper into the forest with the light of dawn illuminating the pathway.

037 Sunset Yoga, Cable Beach 2003
76cm x 76cm
TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE EXTENDED EXHIBITION 2004 PRIVATE SALE 2004
At sunset on Cable Beach in Broome the yoga fraternity goes through their exercise routines, surrounded by the overwhelming beauty of the light.

038 Waterfight 2003
51cm x 41cm
PRIVATE SALE 2007
Depicts the sheer joy of children playing together in the ocean. I was fascinated by the movement of the water splashes and the look of the water droplets arcing off the children’s bodies.

040 Pinky's Beach, Rottnest Island 2003
60cm x 45cm
PRIVATE SALE 2003
Pinky’s Beach is a wonderful family beach with still clear water. You can relax so much you can almost forget the beauty around you, as the figures in this painting demonstrate.

042 Seabirds on Cottesloe Beach 2003
50cm x 40cm
PRIVATE SALE 2003
One of a series of morphed female/seagull figures on Cottesloe Beach. Initially inspired by a group of private school girls preening, squawking and gossiping about passersby.

045 The Wray St Café 2004 

102cm x 76cm 

PRIVATE COMMISSION 2004 

Produced as a wedding gift depicting the clients meeting place at the Wray Street Café in South Fremantle.

146 Racing Cars 2004
76cm x 60cm
PRIVATE COMMISSION 2004
Commissioned by local racing car driver Eddy Resera, featuring his three racing cars.

047 Leaving Luna 2004 

76cm x 76cm 

WINNER 2D AWARD HIGH COMMENDATION VICTORIA PARK ART AWARDS 2004 PRIVATE SALE 

2004 Perth’s Luna Park was situated at Scarborough Beach. As a child I remember the sounds of ocean and carnival fusing in the darkness.

048 Heat Wave (1 of 4 panels) 2004
30cm x 30cm
SOLD AT KINGS ART CAFÉ EXHIBITION 2005 – PRIVATE BUYER HUNG IN THE OFFICES OF THE WA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Everyone eventually ends up on the beach during the summer heat waves.

011 Sprites of Spring 1 1990
45cm x 55cm
Representing the season of Spring, the figure languishes in the cool waters on a hot, sultry afternoon. Painted in Art Nouveau style.

012 Sprites of Spring 2 1990
32cm x 43cm
Another representation of Springtime. The figures recline lazily in a vast field of flowers.

Birth of a Fisherman -- 1998
My father taught me to fish for tailor when I was a child, to share in his passion for the world of beach fishing. This painting symbolises my introduction to Dad’s happiest pursuit.

017 Soft Parade 1990
43cm x 32cm
GIFT AS PAYMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES 2002
Pan leads a parade of soft, malleable humanity into a decaying Romanesque landscape like the pied piper of Hamelin.

021 The Crow 1992 

27cm x 41cm 

WEDDING GIFT 2007 

One of a series exploring the transition between life and death. The crow represents the gatekeeper between the material and spiritual worlds.