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I’ve finished my long-awaited pair of yellow-tail black cockatoos (Zanda funerea). They’re a breeding pair, with some tell-tale differences. The female has a bone-grey beak and eye rings, and the male sports a dark grey beak and brighter red eyeliner.

You will find these beauties across the Eastern coast of Australia, from Queensland through to South Australia. They love coastal bushland and are rarely found close to cities, though if you’re lucky you can spot them at the outskirts of Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne. These cockatoos have a distinctly loud wail (once you recognize it you can’t mistake it) and a deep relaxed wingbeat. They band together as they fly long-distance over the bushland.

I wanted to bring out their lively personalities and grace in this painting. They’re big birds with a big voice, confident in the air, and unafraid in their environment. The male plays in the air ready to dive-bomb his partner, while she balances on her high and spindly perch with tail spread and wings ready. A game will follow.

Professionally made using light-fast pigment inks on acid-free, lightly textured 310gsm Hahnemuhle paper, these are archival quality giclee prints. The texture, colours and detail are truly beautiful, and if cared for the print will last for over a lifetime. Available for:

1. $65 for A4 (210 x 297mm), open edition

2. $120 for A3 (297 x 420mm), open edition

3. $250 for the size of the original painting (560 x 760mm), limited edition of 60

For details about orders and shipping please visit my orders page.

Framing advice

The A4, A3 and A2 options are all standard sizes, and you can find affordable off-the-shelf frames if you prefer to frame them yourself. I can arrange professional framing similar to that shown here, for around the same as you would pay plus the extra packaging and shipping costs. For more details, see my framing advice.

About this collection

I came to the art world painting Australian native birds - our favourites like cockatoos, magpies, and gang gangs. My mum hand-raised native birds, and I helped her rear a yellow-tail black cockatoo that used to preen my eyelashes. Painted in watercolour, these capture the intricacy and vibrancy of feathers as well as the dynamic character of our native birds. The collection includes fine art prints in all sizes, and a few remaining original paintings.

Acrylic on board, 30 x 30cm. Ready to hang or stand on your desk.

The Lark is the first in a new project that I’m really enjoying. I think of it as a combination of 2D origami and quilling, giving the impression that something rises from the pages of a book. I paint birds and I (secretly) write books, so I started there. Many fictional characters to come.

This is among my first paintings in acrylic. Acrylic paint is simple, unlike my watercolour birds. Paint it on and it dries quickly, paint over it if you want. I love the combination of flat colour that it offers, paired with a three dimensional design.

This painting is on lightweight and resilient acrylic board, with a cute little stand so that it can sit on your shelf. Also suitable for hanging.

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About this collection

A new concept inspired by my other creative project, writing fiction. Steven King says writing is telepathy, and I agree. I put words on a page, you read them, and your mind creates a whole world that I have invited it to. I don’t even have to be there, the magic happens every time someone reads it (and no, you can’t read it, it will forever remain behind a pen name). Instead, enjoy my art inspired by fiction springing to life from the page.

30 x 30cm, Acrylic on board, ready to hang or stand on your desk.

The first in my After the Fall series imagines Sydney on a windswept spring day, years after abandonment, as plants recarpet the streets. I love the feel of cinematic animation and this series is my version, finding the utopia in what looks like our rather dystopian future.

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About this collection

When I had a lull in painting, I started writing science fiction. In my story world the cities, infrastructure, and societies have all crumbled. They say sci-fi and fantasy are ways to explore the conceivable, and social collapse certainly is. After the Fall envisages what our cities might look like afterwards, in the throes of nature reclamation. A bit Dystopia, a bit Utopia, painted in cinematic animation style with a Studio Ghibli feel. Small paintings in acrylic on board, with a cute little stand so it can sit on your shelf.

Acrylic paint on paper, 8” x 10” (20 x 25cm).

Noa is third in a series of minimalist portraits painted in light. These pieces are painted on repurposed materials, courtesy of The Green Shed in Canberra. Noa is painted on velvety matte fine sandpaper.

Framing advice

This is a standard size (8” x 10”), and you can find affordable off-the-shelf frames if you prefer to frame it yourself. I can arrange professional framing similar to that shown here for $250, which is about the same as you would pay plus the extra packaging and shipping costs. For more details, see my framing advice.

For details about orders and shipping please visit my orders page.

About this collection

We’re used to seeing what’s solid, not the light that hits it. My aim is to create just enough light for our minds to picture what it illuminates. There is no way to remove paint marks, so these are an exercise in restraint and stopping before I’m ‘done’.

Why men? The female muse is everywhere, from renaissance to pop art. But there is beauty and interest in men’s faces too, and subverting the trope is fun. There is diversity, too, with men of Asian, Pacific Islander, African and other heritages.

These pieces use repurposed materials. This one is painted on very fine sandpaper, courtesy of Canberra’s waste recovery centre The Green Shed. It has a rich matte velvety texture.

Light and Men portraits are my most affordable original artworks. While I personally like (and buy) fine art prints to enjoy art that I couldn’t otherwise afford, there is still something special about an original. I’d like to give more people the opportunity to have one of their own.