Curriculum Vitae
Education/Training/Employment History
- 1988 – 1992
Trainee Technical Officer – Natural Sciences Division
Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory - 1990
Scientific Illustration Technique Workshop
Philadelphia School of Art & Design - 1992
Scientific Illustration Technique Workshop
Eagle Hill Wildlife Research Station - 1994
Scientific Illustration Conference and Meeting
University of California, Santa Cruz - 1992 – 2006
Zookeeper/ Wildlife section supervisor/ Marketing & Commercial services /
Senior Interpretive Officer
Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs - 1994
Bachelor of Science Degree
University of Queensland (Botany, Zoology and Ecology) - 1998
Certificate III in Zookeeping
Box Hill Institute, Centre for Animal and Applied Sciences - 1999
Graduate Certificate in Education
Northern Territory University
Group Exhibitions
- 2001
Tangini Art Show
Kormilda College, Darwin - 2002
Territory of Transparency
Darwin Entertainment Centre Gallery - 2003
Wild, Baked and Flowered
DEC Gallery - 2004
The Birdscaped Bush Block
Australian Open Garden Scheme - 2004
Threatened Species Art Exhibition
DEC Gallery - 2005
Threatened Species Art Exhibition
DEC Gallery - 2006
PriNTed
Darwin Visual Arts Association Gallery - 2007
Salt, Sand and Driving Rain
Framed Gallery, Darwin - 2007
Guangzhou International Art Fair
Guangzhou - China
Solo Exhibitions
- 2005
Fruit, Feathers, Fins and Flowers
Territory Craft Gallery - 2006
Wild Jasmine
Territory Colours Gallery - 2007
Wild Water Coloured Dust
Territory Craft Gallery - 2008
Dawn Chorus Breakfast with the Birds
Territory Craft Gallery and Darwin Entertainment Centre Foyer Gallery
Public Commissions and Clients
- 1994
Bowali Visitor Centre, Kakadu National Park
Commissioned by David Lancashire Design to produce animal images for the etched glass panels in the Billabong exhibit - 1994
Warradjan Cultural Centre, Kakadu National Park
Commissioned by David Lancashire Design to produce life size animal images for the slate creekline exhibit - 1997
Nitmuluk Visitor Centre, Katherine Gorge
Commissioned by Ken Hawkins to produce animal images for the interpretive displays within the education centre.
Teaching Appointments and Instructing
- 2000 - 2002
Running private drawing workshops on a number of techniques such as coloured pencil, pen and ink, mixed media and specialist subjects - 2001 - 2004
Darwin High School
Guest lecturer for Years 11 & 12 Graphic Design Class - 2002
Northern Territory University, School of Built Environment
Guest lecturer for Architectural Skills Week - 2004 – 2006
Casuarina Adult Nightclasses, Casuarina Secondary College
Drawing and Watercolour Class
Awards and Scholarships
- 1987
Artwork selected for exhibition in the PES and SAS Art, Craft, Design and
Technical Drawing Show - 1990
Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust Grant for Young
Australians. Grant awarded to attend the 1990 Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 2 week intensive technique training summer workshop in Philadelphia USA at the School of Art and Design - 1990
Arts Grants-in-Aid Program. Office of the Arts and Cultural Affairs
Grant awarded to attend the 1990 GNSI 2 week summer workshop - 1990
Scholarship from the Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Inc.
Supporting scholarship awarded to assist with travel expenses to the USA - 1990
Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement
Awarded by the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators whilst participating in
the 1990 technique workshop - 1992
Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust Grant for Young
Australians
Grant awarded to continue training with the Guild of Natural Science
Illustrators in the USA at Eagle Hill Wildlife Research Station in Maine - 1994
Royal North Australian Show Society Inc.
Second Prize in the Professional Category any Medium Open Subject,
sketching and drawing - 2004
Threatened Species and WWF Best Sketch (Adult Category) - 2004
1st, 2nd, 3rd Sketching and Drawing, Professional Category RNASS - 2005
Australia Council Arts Grant for Solo Exhibition, Fruit, Feathers, Fins and
Flowers
