Finalist in the 2019 Paddington Art Prize

Thrilled to be selected as a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize this year with a painting titled ‘Tell Me Again Why it Won’t Rain?’The Paddington Art Prize is a $30,000 National acquisitive prize for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape.

You can view the 2019 finalists at

// Artist statement

‘Tell Me Again Why it Won’t Rain?’ reflects the sense of frustration of living on a farm in drought stricken north western NSW. It depicts the scene outside my studio window on a day when rolling dust storms blew across empty paddocks collecting precious topsoil and casting an eerie light over the landscape.