Detail from After Image for a Garden, 2026, Acrylic on canvas, 150cm × 120cm

I'm a Sydney-based painter working between abstraction and representation, drawing and painting, the real and the imagined.

Most paintings begin with an act of disruption. A reckless gesture, an awkward collage element, a colour that shouldn't work. I need a certain amount of trouble in the painting before I can begin. By forcing myself into unfamiliar territory, I often discover possibilities that would never emerge through careful planning.

My background in design has given me confidence in composition, but it has also made me wary of paintings that resolve too neatly. I'm interested in tension rather than perfection; a fragile balance between order and chaos, where a painting feels alive, slightly wonky and still capable of surprise.

After building an established career as a full-time artist, I returned to study painting at the National Art School, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art in 2025. Rather than refining an existing visual language, I used those years to embrace uncertainty, challenge old habits and begin again from a place of enquiry.