biography
I have been involved in natural history illustration work from 1993 till present. This has included work for Australian Geographic Magazine, illustrations for the Australian Museum Skeleton Gallery, ABC Books "The Book of Animals" NPWS, The Australian Museum's ANH Magazine, Weldon Owen Publishing and The NSW Dept. Education's "The School Magazine" - fiction, non-fiction and poetry illustrations. Sign illustrations for BMCC and Central Tablelands Local land Services, including for ‘The Gully’ project and illustrations of Hanging Swamps, flora and fauna. Signage illustration for Central Tablelands Management, as well as the painting of model birds for use in identification education. Ongoing model-making and finishing artwork on models for museum and advertising animation projects. 2015 – Involved in the production of large-scale spider models for the Australian Museum and Questacon. Research, model-making and finished artwork. 2015 – Involved in the production of Zoetrope for Airbnb commercial. Finished artwork on miniatures. 2014 - Produced a range of Endangered species illustrations for the giftware company Ashdene. For these I also provided text concerning the animals for reproduction on the boxes. 2010 - Wrote and illustrated my own book on endangered species, “Count Them While You Can”, released in June 2010. The book was listed as an Eve Pownall Notable Book for 2011 and shortlisted for the 2011 Wilderness Society’s Environmental Award for Children’s Literature. 1997 - Finishing Artist for the film Babe 2. 1994 - Assistant Artist to author/illustrator Jeannie Baker, on her animated film, ‘The Story of Rosy Dock’. 1992 - Graduated with B.A, majoring in Illustration, from UWS, Nepean. 1988 - Assistant to Dr. Hugh Spencer in the Biology Department of Wollongong University during 1988. working on radio-tracking Grey-headed Flying Foxes. 1986 - Research Assistant to Dr. Chris dos Remedios in the Muscle Research Unit in the Anatomy Department at Sydney University. 1984/5 - Assistant Preparator at the Australian Museum from June 1984 to February 1985. Biological models and dioramas. 1983 – Graduated with B.Sc from University of Sydney. Zoology and Microbiology. I also love playing and teaching the mountain dulcimer.
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red tailed Black Cockatoo
Watercolour Illustration for commercial giftware on Endangered species.

Sanctuary
Graphite drawing of interesting bark specimen offering safe cover for a ladybeetle

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos
Illustration of Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos for The Gully project at the former Catalina racetrack.

Soy Sauce Fish with human aquarium
Artwork using discarded soy sauce fish containers, machinery part, discarded things including railway model figures and part of a fence paling

Kitch Fish Earrings
Earrings made from upcycled discarded soy sauce fish containers, to save them from entering landfill.

Egrets at Wentworth Falls Lake
Experimenting with a new style of representation.

Experiment in Dimensional Illustration
I have been looking at the possibilities use of a sculptural illustration for a story I've written.