1982        Diploma of Arts, Alexander Mackie C.A.E., Sydney

   1983        Graduate Diploma in Professional Art Studies, City Art Institute, Sydney

   1996-8     Marten Bequest Travelling Art Scholarship/Dyason Bequest Travelling in Europe & U.S.A

MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS (ABRIDGED)

   1986,1997,2008 Finalist: Sulman Prize Art Gallery of N.S.W.

   1989,90,95-97,99     Finalist: Wynne Prize for Landscape Art Gallery of N.S.W.

   1990,1991,1993        Finalist: Kedumba Invitational Drawing Prize 

   1992,94,97,2003 Salon des Refuses (Alternative Wynne Prize)  S.H.Ervin  Gallery

   1994,95,98-2000,06       Finalist: Dobell Drawing Prize  Art Gallery of N.S.W.

   1998,2003       Finalist: Blake Prize for Religious Art Touring Regional Australian Galleries

   2002              ‘Vanitas & Veritas’ Curated by Max Taylor, Trinity Delmar Gallery

   2005              ‘Paradise, Purgatory & Hellhole’ Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

   2009              ‘Living Australia’ Kyoung-in Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, South Korea     

   2010              ‘ONE hundred’  100 iconic objects selected from the Mitchell Library

SOLO  EXHIBITIONS (ABRIDGED)

   1987, 98, 2001      von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle

   1990, 93          Breewood Galleries, Katoomba, N.S.W.

   1992, 94          ‘Pyrmont’ Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney

   1997, 2005      Camden Fine Art Gallery           

   1997, 99          Rex Irwin, Art Dealer, Sydney

   2003,07           ‘Harbour City’  Vistablue Gallery, Sydney; Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery

   2003, 05, 07, 09             Taylor Galleries, Sydney

   2004                ‘Mortlake Gasworks’ Canada Bay Library, Breakfast Pt Community Centre

   2005,06,10      ‘Pyrmont Festival’, Union Square & various locations in Pyrmont

   2006,07           ‘Industrial Heritage Festival’ National Trust Centre, Sydney

   2010                ‘Closing the Gap’ Frances Keevil Gallery

MAJOR AWARDS (ABRIDGED)

   1989                  Waverley Watercolour Prize (Acquired for Collection) 

   1990                 Inaugural Kedumba Drawing Purchase (Acquired for Collection) 

   1990,93,95,96,2000       Hunters Hill Open Art Prize

   1990,91            Willoughby Art Prize

   1990,95,96       Wynne Prize : Pring Prize for Watercolour, Art Gallery of N.S.W.

   1993                 Camden Open Art Prize (Acquired for Collection)

   1993-95,01,2004                        Campbelltown “Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize” (Representational)

   1995                 Wynne Prize : Trustees’ Watercolour Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W.

   1995                 Sutherland Biennial Art Purchase(Acquired for Collection)

   1996                 Marten Bequest Travelling Art Scholarship

   1996                Dyason Bequest Awarded by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of N.S.W.

   1997                 Residency at the Moya Dyring Studio Paris        

   1997                 Residency at Studio in the American Academy at Rome

   1999                 Berrima “Works on Paper” Award

   1999                 Hills Grammar School Art Award (Acquired for Collection)

   1999                 Crows Nest Club Art Prize(Acquired for Collection)

   2000                 Alexander Berry Art Collection 2000(Acquired for Collection)

   2002                 Alberta St Art Prize(Acquired for Collection)

   2003,05,07       North Sydney Art Prize (Tenix Waterfront Prize & People’s Choice)

   2004                Inaugural Sydney Harbour Week Award for Artistic Achievement

COLLECTIONS (ABRIDGED)

    Mitchell Library, State Library of N.S.W.; Artbank; the National Trust; Kedumba Drawing Gallery; Bega Regional Gallery; University of N.S.W.; University of Sydney; Department of Defence; City-West Development Corporation; Trinity Grammar School; St Andrew’s Cathedral School; N.S.W. Board of Manufacturers; Master Builders’ Association of N.S.W.; C.S.R.; LendLease; Walker Corporation; Sir Vincent Fairfax Collection; Many Council, corporate  & private collections in Australia, Europe, Asia & the U.S.A.