Finalist, Fishers Ghost Art Award 2026

Campbelltown Arts Centre
Sydney, NSW

Exhibition:30 October - 4 December 2026

Thrilled that my painting, Morning in the Grotto, has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Fisher's Ghost Art Award.

Now in its 64th year, the prize saw a record number of entries this year, making it an incredible honour to be included alongside such a talented group of Australian artists.

The finalist exhibition is now open at Campbelltown Arts Centre and runs until 4 December.

Morning in the Grotto, is a finalist in the Contemporary category.

Morning in the Grotto, 2026, Oil and ink on canvas, 71 × 51cm

Morning in the Grotto forms part of my body of work reflecting on poet Louise Gluck’s line about memory and perception: “We see the world once, in childhood, the rest is memory.” Using a mix of oil painting and printmaking processes, some of which mimic natural forces, I want to evoke a visceral connection between us and the natural world. Looking up, down and into this sunlit waterhole in a place close to my heart, the viewer will, I hope, feel a sense of shifting perspective, of immersion in the physical world. It’s a little disorienting, yet somehow familiar.