Abstract nominee

My photography is currently exploring forms and surfaces defining a liminal space for the eye to navigate. Liminal space is the gap we occupy between not knowing and the 'Ah-ha' moment of insight. The work relies on the common association of light with understanding, enlightenment or insight. The tonality of the images describe opaque, reflective and translucent surfaces to activate the imagination.

Having worked with stained glass where the major visual impact comes from the interaction of light through glass, I am fascinated with how light behaves as it is reflected, blocked and transmitted through transluscent materials. I began to explore space, light, shadow, reflections, transluscence and luminosity with close up photography. My current series uses folded surfaces and backlighting to achieve luminous, abstract compostitions.

Batchelor Degree of Fine Art and Visual Culture with Distinction – Curtin University of Technology.
Associate Diploma in Visual Arts – Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education


PUBLICATION:
‘Stained Glass and Leadlight – Drawing with Lead, Painting with Light’ Published in 1992 by Simon and Schuster Sydney