Briefly, I arrived in Melbourne in 1971 and became a research neuroscientist. My career was based on an active hands-on approach to experimental work; an aspect I maintained until I retired in 2006. I have published over 100 scientific papers, reviews and book chapters in international peer-reviewed journals and have given over 60 invited Keynote lectures at international conferences devoted to medical research. During my scientific career I was visiting Research Professor at University College, London; Oxford University; University of Nagoya; Nagoya City University; University Of Arizona; University of Nevada; Stanford University.

After retiring, I started painting full time. Following advice from my friend, the artist Graham Fransella, I started a Certificate 3 course at CAE in 2009 and converted this to a Diploma of Visual Arts, which I was awarded in 2012, majoring in Painting and Sculpture.

Artistic Qualification

2012 – Diploma of Visual Art, College for Adult Education (CAE, Flinders Lane, Melbourne)

Solo Shows

2019 – Faceless People (exhibition preview) – Paul Smith store, Melbourne
2017 – Wet Feet (Paintings and Sculptures), fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2016 – Mutawintji (Paintings), fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2015 – Nevada (Paintings), fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2013 – What People Do (Sculptures), CAE Library Gallery, Melbourne

Group Shows

2019 – SMALL! 2019 (Sculptures), fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2019 – out of the blue (Paintings and Sculptures), SOMA Gallery, Brunswick
2018 – SMALL! 2018 (Sculptures), fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2017 – 45 at 45 (Sculptures), fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2014 – One Night Stand (Paintings and Sculptures), Smart Artz Gallery, South Melbourne
2012 – Level Two (Sculptures), Easey Street Gallery, Collingwood
2011 – Breakout (Paintings), (formerly) Christine Abraham’s Gallery, Richmond
2010 – Drawing and Sculptures, Pigment Gallery, Nicholas Building, Melbourne
2009 – Drawing and Paintings, Pigment Gallery, Nicholas Building, Melbourne