Exhibitions & Events
EARTH POEMS
Saturday 6 December 10.30am
Exhibition Opening and Artist Talk
2 December 2025 ~ 24 January 2026
Solo Exhibition at Old Post Office Gallery, Atherton
I’m delighted to share new work developed over the past three years at my upcoming solo exhibition at the
Old Post Office Gallery.
Building the Tiny Train kiln opened new possibilities for exploring the character of local clays and glaze materials through wood firing.
I’ll be at the exhibition on the 6th to talk about the work and process — I’d love to see you there.
Come and visit while I am Artist in Residence.
The show is up until 24th January.
Old Post Office Gallery
86 Atherton Herberton Rd, Atherton
The Old Post Office Gallery is located at the Hou Wang Chinese Temple and Museum precinct.
Open 10am – 2pm Tuesday to Saturday
Finalist
Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence and the Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Wood Fired Ceramic Award 2025.
Ash Jar
Local stoneware ‘Front-Gate Clay’, wood fired, ash and feldspathic glaze
Experimenting with local clay, rocks and wood ash, I seek to understand their qualities through making pots and wood firing. I listen, look and feel, the landscapes around me, the materials under my feet. I explore the chemistry of these materials under extreme conditions in wood firing. Discovering the alchemy that transcends the materiality of clay, rock and wood, emerging as objects capable of touching the human spirit, is truly wondrous.
This piece has been thrown in two halves using clay dug on my property, then glazed with ash and feldspathic glazes and wood fired for two days in my train kiln. A dynamic balance between perfection and imperfection lingers.
Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence and the Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Wood Fired Ceramic Award 2025.
OPENING NIGHT 15th March at 6pm.
Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art. Metcalfe Gallery, 16 March until 25 March.
The Siliceous Award, and other prizes, will be judged by Dr Julie Bartholomew, an artist, educator, and writer. The winners will be announced at the Opening Night event at the Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art, 6pm, Saturday 15 March 2025. The date of the opening event was previously advertised as being 8 March, but this was postponed due to Cyclone Alfred.
https://ceramicartsqld.org.au/siliceous-2025-winners-announced/
Finalist
North Queensland Ceramic Awards
Dry Season Jar
Local stoneware, Front-Gate clay and China clay slips, Shino glaze using local clays and rocks, Ash Glaze using ash from local Eucalypts and Casuarina.
Thrown and coiled using clay I dig up on my property, raw glazed and wood fired for 3 days 1300C.
The NORTH QUEENSLAND CERAMIC AWARDS at the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery this Friday 18 October, 2024.
The biennial NORTH QUEENSLAND CERAMIC AWARDS has long aimed to increase public exposure to a high standard of ceramic artwork from around the nation. A showcase for both well-known and emerging artists, this competition displays the diversity of ceramics currently being produced in Australia.
https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/facilities-and-recreation/theatres-and-galleries/perc-tucker-regional-gallery/nqca
Finalist
Stanthorpe Art Prize
Earth Trio
Front-Gate Clay, wood fired for 3 days to 1280C.
This work represents my exploration of local materials, through the language of wood firing. Three local clays, firing atmosphere, kiln design and firing temperature direct the character of this pot. Thrown from ‘Front-Gate’ clay, dug on Jirrbal Country, Far North Queensland, with clay slips under a clay and feldspar glaze.
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, September 7 to November 10, 2024.
The Stanthorpe Art Prize celebrates diverse and inspiring work from Australian and International artists.
The Opening Night & Awards Ceremony on Friday 6th September will be a fun evening of celebration with talks from judges, Jessica Bridgfoot, Director, Bendigo Art Gallery and Michael Brennan, Gallery Director at Noosa Regional Gallery, along with special guest Philip Bacon AO, of Philip Bacon Galleries. I wish I could be there! Good luck to everyone!
Two Seasons
Local ‘Front-Gate’ clay with Quartz Inclusions, Natural Ash Glaze
Shino Bowl
Local Font-Gate stoneware, white slip, shino-glazed, woodfired 1300C
Australian Ceramics Member’s Exhibition 2024
19 April – 9 June 2024
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
This exhibition showcases the diversity and excellence of contemporary Australian ceramics providing 90 TACA members with an opportunity to exhibit, promote and sell their recent work.
https://australianceramics.com/exhibitions/held