2024 was a most disappointing year for producing work. I had a really good studio in West Melbourne but unfortunately the building was sold I and the other resident artists were confronted with having to move out many months sooner than we had been originally advised. Trying to find a suitable affordable space to work in was not easy and the search took most of the year.
Port Vell | 2022, was included in the shortlist for the Sunshine National Art Prize held at Caloundra Regional Gallery from 23 August to 13 October 2024.
Alhambra #10 which was in The Essence of Space exhibition at the Nancy Sever Gallery is now part of the Parliament House Art Collection in Canberra.
This exhibition is a conversation in three parts, each exploring aspects of the language of space. The work in each of the parts was inspired by time I have spent in Spain and my response to some of the places I visited.
5 March – 9 April
Opening Sunday 5 March
Nancy Sever Gallery
Level 1, 131 City Walk, next door to King O’Malley’s, Civic
Canberra City ACT 2601
An exhibition of serene and crystalline paintings by award winning artists Tony Lloyd and Magda Cebokli.
I visited The Alhambra in Granada, Spain in 2007. On return home, I made a number of small studies based on my response to, and reading about, the site. A return visit was planned for 2020 but had to be cancelled because of Covid.
I visited The Alhambra in Granada, Spain in 2007. On return home, I made a number of small studies based on my response to, and reading about, the site. A return visit was planned for 2020 but had to be cancelled because of Covid.
Analogue Art in a Digital World presented a survey of contemporary artists who use the analogue practices of painting and drawing to create artworks that engage with or are influenced by digital visual culture.
At the beginning of the year Wendy Kelly and I embarked on a project exploring the experience of being forced out of the familiar and into a changed environment.