Self Portrait With The Coffin Of King Shoshenq II; Acrylic on linen, 20" x 20", March 2026 This is the first painting I have completed since my work of July last year, Study For The King’s House . Completing that piece marked the beginning of a six month hiatus and my longest period of not painting since I recommenced in 2012. That painting centres upon a statue of a pharaoh from the nineteenth dynasty while the one I present you with now also reflects on a pharaoh, this tim

Commissioned by the GPT Shopping Centre Conglomerate for its Chirnside Park complex as a gift for the people of the Yarra Ranges, the sculpture was created by world renowned artists Gillie and Marc. I was recently granted an interview with the couple to feature in the book and this blog

20 25 has been one of my biggest reading years. I have upped the ante of my regular reading diet because of writing my own book: research has been crucial. Parallel to this, I have found it tremendously inspiring to read biographies of other pioneering types (other to David Syme and the era he emerges from, the subject of my tome) and especially artist biographies. I have included those that I found outstanding, and all are 2025(ish) releases that I bought as hardcover, paper

The digital poster I created for the event using imagery from previous paintings Aida: is this opera an expression of Egyptomania? Giuseppe Verdi's opera has been a favourite of opera goers since it was first performed in 1871. Set in the Old Kingdom and telling the story of an Ethiopian princess held captive by the Egyptians, things get dramatic when she falls in love with a soldier who is also fancied by a member of the royal family. The version of the opera being staged by