He lives and works in the inner suburbs, on tree-lined streets where there is always something to look at: light through a canopy, a neighbour’s front garden, the backyard at home.

The paintings start there, with nature and memory. A place, a season, a moment remembered more than seen. They aren’t always pictures of those things. Often what ends up on the canvas is the feeling rather than the subject: a colour that sits right, a shape that carries the same weight.

Each painting is built in layers. Thick, flat shapes go down with a palette knife over a ground that has been painted, scraped back and painted again, often leaving bare gesso showing through. Nothing is sketched first. A painting is finished when the shapes hold and nothing else needs to move.

In 2026 his work was shown in A Thousand Words, a group exhibition at Brunswick Street Gallery, and Respite was selected for the Camberwell Art Show.