LEARNING 

1976 Deakin University - Diploma of Education- Teaching Major -Painting Honors 

1983 SA School of Fine Art - San Antonio Texas, USA 

1984- 85 Stained glass workshops 

1989 Fusing and slumping workshops - Turkey works- Sydney. Australia 

1991 Sydney College of the Arts - Sydney Australia, Post Graduate Degree 

1992 - 1994 Glass Apprenticeship with Anne Dybka (Master Engraver Glass Engravers Guild, 

London) 

1992 Sandblasting, slumping workshops Graham Stone, Meat Market Melbourne, Australia 

1993 Julien Ashton School of Art - Sydney Australia Classical Figure Drawing 

1992 Ausglass Conference and engraving Workshops with Steven Proctor & Rich RoyalAustralian National University - Canberra 

2009 Scott Burdich and Sue Lyons Figure drawing group Winston Salem NC, USA 

2010-11 Tom Edgerton Portrait Greensboro NC, USA 

2009-12 CVA Arts center Figure Drawing - Greensboro NC,USA 

2012-13 Visual Arts Center Figure drawing - Richmond, VA 

2013-14 The Hill Gallery - Portrait painting Richmond VA, USA 

2014- Certificate of Botanical Illustrations - Lewis Ginter. Richmond VA, USA

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EXHIBITING 

Berowra Australia 

Julien Ashton Exhibition, The Rocks, Sydney Australia 

Canberra ANU, Australia 

Studio 33 Coffs Harbour, Australia 

Greensboro Craft Fair, USA 

CVA Art Show, Greensboro NC, USA 

Jules Antiques Greensboro NC, USA 

Royal Easter Show, Sydney Australia 

Flux Gallery Ashland VA, USA 

Refunk it Gallery, Ashland VA, USA 

Williamsburg Glass Art Show, VA, USA

Burns Gallery, Middleburg, VA, USA

Virginia Glass Guild Exhibitions, Williamsburg VA, USA

Royal Easter Show, Sydney, Australia

Glen Allen Cultural Art Center, Museum VA, USA

Charles Taylor Art Center Hampton, VA, USA 

Chrysler Museum

Artspace Urunga

Sawtell Art Gallery

Commissions and awards

 

AWARDS 

AUSGlass scholarship for excellence 

Greensboro News - article 

Eternal Tools Blog - review 

RAS - highly commended second place glass section 2013

RAS - First in Show  Cold Glass

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TEACHING

Pittsburgh Art Center  Pittsburgh PA, USA

The Chrysler Museum VA, USA

Visual Arts Center Richmond VA, USA

Sawtell Art Gallery, Sawtell NSW, Australia