I have been working away in my new studio, getting a feel for its layout and building up my painting habits-closing the gap between drawing and painting. I’ve been rejected from most applications that I’ve put in for = prizes/residencies/local shows etc, but the words of Samuel Beckett keep me company “…fail harder’. I’ll justContinue reading “Where has 2026 gone?”
Category Archives: Regional Australian Artist
‘Paper Works’at Gallery THS, Margaret River.April 2026
Artist Statement for Paper Works, a group show. ‘You can always find a piece of paper and something to draw with wherever you are. I like papers transportability, it’s bare minimal requirements- eyes/hands/implement and I’ve used oil crayons for over 25 years. They are easy to buy, quick, colourful, you can execute a line orContinue reading “‘Paper Works’at Gallery THS, Margaret River.April 2026”
Studio at The Farm 2024
The Farm, Margaret River Wadandi Boodja In 2024 I will be working as a Studio Artist on The Farm. My focus during this time is to continue and expand on my seaweed and sea wrack drawing studies that I began in late 2021. Much gratitude to The Farm for having me.
*Finalist for the Fremantle Print Award 2023*
Fremantle Print Award 2023 Entry from Cowaramup Bay SW WA by Regional artist JPBarr.
Ongoing Project:the Study of Wrack.
From 2022 + I have been involved with a self driven project- the drawing and studying of sea wrack and sea weed in Cowaramup Bay, South West WA. I draw and photograph the seaweed and sea wrack on a daily basis at a beach called Melaleucas. I follow the seasons, the swell, weather, and theContinue reading “Ongoing Project:the Study of Wrack.”
