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Circa 2000 (Work in progress)

Here are some pics of a work in progress, Circa 2000, which plays on the idea of future archaeology…

Fever, artists books 1993-2012, the City Library, 15-28 June 2012, a small solo exhibition

I had a mini retrospective of my artists books in the Niches at the City Library, June 15-28 2012. The City Library is a branch of the City of Melbourne…

Children’s history drawing booklet

I put together this booklet of drawing and colouring activities, based on historic photos of Coburg Primary School and the local area, in 2010. The historic photographs are …

The Beloved

On all Souls Day (November 2nd) I created a mini installation The Beloved, for a choir gig at the Parlour, in Preston. The Parlour was an art space…

Artists book and installation go to New York

Detail from the installation, Potato Dream Sequence 2009 Detail from artists book, Postcards from the Potato 1998 My most travelled artwork is Postcards from the Potato, an artists…

Evolution of the sports moustache

Text reads Cricket Moustache, 1980s walrus revival style David Boon’s moustache (1984-1995) is considered one of the best moustaches in Australian sporting history. Text reads Rowing Moustache, 1912 Originally…

Coburg Childrens’ Centre ceramic project

In 2005 I undertook an Artist in Residence at Coburg Childrens’ Centre, working with pre-schoolers on ceramic and mosaic panels, around the idea of the seasons, which were…

Moments in the Sun

This is from a series of artworks based on shadows in historic photographs. I started out drawing shadows, but  later I printed out downloaded historic photos and painted…

Magic Carpet, Ghost Chinese Market Garden I and II

A collaboration between Kitty Owens and textile artist Mary Zbierski West. These painted footpaths are a homage to the Chinese Gardens that were once sited in Bridges Reserve,…

Turn Turn Turn

Turn Turn Turn was an ephemeral artwork created in collaboration with textile artist Mary Zbierski-West for the 2007 Moreland Sculpture Show. Mary and I won the ephemeral sculpture…

The Book of Smoke installation at the Incinerator Arts Centre

The Book of Smoke was commissioned for the Up in Smoke installation art exhibition at the Incinerator Arts Centre in Essendon in 1997. It was presented as a…

Private Archives, Personal Encyclopedias and Secret Collections

This is an installation shot of the exhibition Private Archives, Personal Encyclopedias and Secret Collections, at the Linden Gallery in 1997. My artwork The Hunt (collection of underclothes…

Discovery, magic lantern slides

Discovery, magic lantern slides is an artwork about the way that Australia was perceived by European explorers, and artists accompanying them. The format for the artwork was inspired…

Box Book and Glove

These images are from the exhibition Box Book and Glove, a two person show with printmaker Jazmina Cininas, at the First Site gallery in Melbourne, in 1994. The…

Notes on shadows in historic photographs, and selected bibliography

How I got interested in shadows I visit a lot of museums as part of my job, many of them hold photographs and artefacts relating to late nineteenth…