ABOUT THE12THMACCA
I re-discovered the wonder of drawing as a way to manage my mental health while working in a stressful role as a manager for a large multinational corporation. After doing one Adult night course, I started drawing and painting whenever I had a spare moment and started carrying a notebook everywhere I went. I like to experiment and try new mediums and methods. My number one love right now is watercolor and ink. I like to express my emotions and memories through art and find the more emotional a piece the more expressive the colours.
MEDIUMS
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Watercolours and Inks including pen and fountain tips
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Acrylic paint
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Photography
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Gel Printing, Spray Can, LinoCut, Digital Tracing – Procreate
Resume
EXHIBITIONS
September 2025 Life after Service,
Darwin Visual Arts Association, Exit Gallery
My career in Defence and work with Veterans has inspired me to reflect on my life after service, and the lives of others, especially when that service is part of your identity. This exhibition is my reflection on veteran’s existence after they take off the uniform.
Creating the works for this show, I have enjoyed trying different techniques and tools. A small brayer has become my favourite “brush”. It has allowed me to drop focus from having exact lines and ratio, to just creating with a sense of fun and exploration.
10 x Mixed Media and Acrylic on Canvas
October 2023 We’ve All Gone Mad, Untitled Gallery
Joint exhibition with Clara Mills
Welcoming children and turning 40 has seen in-laws Clara Mills and Robby McKenzie reflect on how inquisitive they are about their worlds. Robby always has a sketch book with him and enjoys exploring acrylics, water colors, ink and pencil, using art to decompress. Clara is a ceramicist who enjoys meeting the natural world with functional form and bold colour. This exhibit is an exploration of the curiosity of old and young, and it’s an ode to our Territory environment.
50 pieces on paper using watercolor and ink.
MEMBERS SHOWS, COMMUNITY EXHIBITIONS and COMPETITIONS
July 2025 Royal Darwin Show
TBA
June 2025 Australian Photographic Prize
5 x Photos
June 2025 Portrait of a Senior Territorian - Finalist
“Bernie” - Mixed Media on Canvas, June 2025
May 2025 Off-Cuts - Untamed
“Untamed Heart” - Mixed media on Canvas, May 2025
March 2025 DVAA Members Show - Elemental
“Islands in Space” - Watercolour and Ink on paper, Feb 2025
March 2025 Festival of Veterans Art, Australian National Veterans Art Museum (ANVAM)
Collection of Spetch books (2023-2024)
Dad and Olly - Watercolour and Ink on paper
January 2025 National Portrait Gallery Portrait Prize
“Innocence” - Canon 1000f N - Analogue Camera - Entrant
December 2024 DVAA - NOSRSTA Entry Galley Exhibition
“Base Sunrise” – Acrylic on Canvas
November 2024 DVAA Members Show – Twist and Crunch
“Tracy’s Troppos” – Mixed Media (Collage, ink and acrylic on Canvas)
November 2024 Katherine Prize, Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre - Entrant
“Bush Shower – A self portrait” – Acrylic on canvas
September 2024 NT Art Awards – Entrant
“Last Shear on the Station” – Watercolour and ink on paper
July 2024 Australian Photographic Price
Paper Wasps on the Fence - Photo – Nature Category Digital Silver Award
July 2024 Darwin Show – Senior Art
Floating City – Watercolour and Ink Sketching – 3rd Place in Sketching category
Pa’s last Shear – Watercolour and Ink – Portrait category – Highly commended for Overall Senior Art. Category
Green Ant – Watercolour and Ink – Territory Subject category
June 2024 DCA, Members Show, Untitled Gallery – Radical Being
Girl with World on her shoulders – Ink and Watercolour on Paper
May 2024 Off Cuts - Metamorphosis
“BEEn a tough year” – Ink on canvas
March 2024 Darwin Visual Arts Association – Members Show, Hibernate
Sewing Lady – Watercolour and Ink on 300gm paper.
November 2023 Darwin Visual Arts Association – Members Show, ICONIC
3 Prints – Watercolour and Ink in a sketchbook. Reproduced on Cotton Rag.
November 2023 Darwin Community Arts – Members Show, Untitled Gallery – Uncertain Ground
Post Apocalyptic Landscape, Watercolour on Paper
November 2023 Katherine Prize, Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre
Entrant
Three Landscapes Watercolour and Ink in a sketchbook. Reproduced on Cotton Rag.
July 2023 Royal Darwin Show – Senior Art
“Rosie behind the Camera” - Watercolour and ink, Northern Territory Subject - Open Category – Third Price
Northern Territory Subject – Amateur – Third Prize
May 2023 Off Cuts
Island of Garbage – Acrylic on Canvas
October 2021 Darwin Community Arts – Members Show
Green Tree Ants, Watercolour on Paper
July 2021 Darwin Visual Arts Members Show
3 X Landscapes of the Australian Outback, Acrylic on Stretched Canvas