ARTIST STATEMENT
"The artist is a lucky devil! We are the last of the alchemists; creating something out of nothing. The nothing is that blank canvas and blank state that freaks you out at the time, as you realise your last idea was actually your ‘last’ idea. To the slow process of hammering out an idea that materialises right before your eyes, or more importantly, before someone else’s eyes. That blank stare is the perfect starting point. So we can get away with a vague look which in fact means ‘I’m working’.
It’s with that ‘rabbit in the headlights’ look that you open up all your senses and absorb everything around you, and wait for it all to fall into place. There are no rules, no need for justification, no straight lines or thought. If a sentence out of context, a trick of the light, the lyrics of a song, or listening to a five year old, any thought from the bleeding obvious to the ludicrous triggers a painting, well so be it; run with it!
Quite often the more ludicrous the thought,
the more sense the painting makes. We are surrounded by the ludicrous
thoughts of politicians and the media which are subject to rules, reality
and justification and in those professions, ignore those processes at
your peril! The artist is allowed to ignore convention and throw up as
many hospital handballs as possible; you’re going to get it, or
it’s going to sail on past you! The beauty of the small canvases
is that you are throwing up a lot of thoughts, and just like the process
of making them, you view them with a blank and slowly a colour or figure
out of context is the perfect way to start. Then you have the freedom
of your thoughts, from the bleeding obvious to the ludicrous to get what
you can from the works. The boundaries are simple; please do not steal
the works in a fit of joy and understanding and please do not slash the
works in an urge of disgust and annoyance! Any reaction in between, I’m
sure the staff at Jackman can handle."
-David Disher
2007
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EXHIBITIONS
2008 Solo exhibition, Jackman
Gallery, St Kilda
2007 Solo exhibition, Jackman Gallery, St Kilda
2006 Solo exhibition, Jackman Gallery, St Kilda
2005 ‘Melbourne’ group show, Jackman Gallery, St Kilda
2004 Solo exhibition of small works at the Italian Waiters’ Club,
Melbourne
2004 Solo exhibition, Rumbaralla’s, Fitzroy
2003 Solo exhibition, Rhumbarallah’s, Fitzroy
2002 Travelled to USA, Italy & Asia
2002 Solo exhibition, Rumbaralla’s, Fitzroy
2001 Studio group show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
1999 Group show, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Studio exhibition, Brunswick
1997 Solo exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Group show, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Solo exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Travelled through India, Europe & Middle East
1992 Group show, J & J Art Gallery, Sth Yarra
1992 Solo exhibition, Greenaways Gallery, Adelaide
1991 ‘No Vacancies’ exhibition, Collins St, Melbourne
1990 First solo exhibition, J & J Art Gallery, South Yarra
COLLECTIONS
Various collections in Australia, USA, Germany, Italy, UK and Japan.
TO HELL AND BACK
40cm x 30cm
oil on canvas
CARGO CULT OF PERSONALITY
107cm x 112cm
oil on canvas
KELLY COUNTRY
92cm x 92cm
oil on canvas
BULLS AND BEARS
42cm x 62cm
oil on canvas
IT'S TIME TO GO BIG RABBIT
102cm x 137cm
oil on canvas
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