THE GUMLEAF COLLECTION (2025)

Reflecting on this extraordinary country I’m lucky enough to call home, paintings from my latest series of watercolours are to be my contribution to a group exhibition (Out Back) in The Garden Gallery of Sydney’s Botanic Gardens in November 2025. Artists exhibiting with me are Kanak Kiran, Vicki Ratcliff, Simone Read, Col Ritchie and Grace Bates.

Each small painting combines two iconic Aussie images. First, the gumleaf, which most of us would pass by, somewhere, every day, most likely not giving it a second thought. And within the gumleaf is something we’re less likely to see every day, but something uniquely Australian. It may be an abandoned, isolated, yet eye-catching outback dwelling. It may be a remote railway station. Or perhaps an outback church, or a lighthouse ...

There are many more completed gumleaves than you will see here, so if there’s somewhere in particular you’re interested in, let me know. If I haven’t already done it, I might be able to paint it for you.

Unless noted otherwise, the paintings below are available for purchase. Please drop me an email.