I Woke To Find Myself In A Helen Maudsley Painting, Acrylic on linen, 40" x 40", June 2026 My painting I Woke To Find Myself In A Helen Maudsley Painting is the first full size work completed in an intended series of four that pay homage to artists[1] that I admire or who interest me. Helen Maudsley falls into both categories, and I have written of her influence elsewhere in this blog. That blog post references an exhibition I saw featuring Helen’s work in late 2023, but I am

Occasionally, little pieces of historical gold are found in places unexpected. Such was the case recently when I went back on my promise to myself to cease further researching my already-written-and-currently-with-the-editor book about David Syme’s mausoleum and spiritual beliefs. On learning that there was a folder in the Melbourne Uni Special Collections archive titled “Inskip and Butler”, of course I had to see it. Walter Butler was the (co)architect of Syme’s tomb and I h

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 final 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 in this post also reflects on a pha

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