Conceptual nominee

I have a deep connection with the land and am interested in exploring the unseen. I hear with my eyes.

I use my photographs to express the ‘unseen’ that I feel in the landscape and environment in which I breathe.

From a young age I’ve had a deep connection with the natural world and have been recognised by Shaman around the world as one of their peers. Because of my own shamanic gifts, I have a keen interest in the ways of the ‘unseen’ in all indigenous cultures.

I am interested in exploring this from an anthropological perspective, and how indigenous cultures live and express their connection with their environment both personally and culturally.

It was only after I photographed the areas of Greenland and Antarctica when doing my research, that I recognised the similarities of the way I felt and saw the land as expressed through my photographs; and the totems, talismans, body paint and symbols used by the indigenous peoples in these environs.

I have learned that conservation comes from connection and through my exquisite and powerful images; I offer opportunities for the viewer to connect with the landscape in ways they would have seen.

I live my life as an explorer. An adventurer. An Observer. There is no differentiation between how I live my life and the art that is an expression of it. My creative endeavours through my images, words, prints, books, teaching, speaking engagements, website and art; are all an expression of the extension of the way I just dive deeply into exploring the unknown of living; and examine the world in which we all live.

I am an artist, with my primary medium as photography. It is through my lens that I learn about myself. My photographs are at the core of all my creative expression, and my artworks, installations, books; all evolve from my photographs.

I have exhibited extensively throughout Australia and have my work in collections throughout the world; and a finalist in many National Art and Photography Awards.

I have concerns for our environment and my recent publications of exquisite photographs of Antarctica and whales, aim to increase awareness of conservation through connection.

I have been invited to attend an art residency in Norway in March/April 2017 where I will continue to explore my current bodies of work.