In August I am exhibiting my work in four group exhibitions across Sydney and one in Brisbane! If you're need to recharge your creative batteries this month, I'd love for you to visit one (or more!) of these exhibitions. Admissions are free. Throughout the month, you’ll be able to see my paintings in:
Freedom and Sustainability
3–20 August 2026
The Gallery Ramp Space
St Ives Village
166 Mona Vale Road, St Ives NSW 2075
The Winter Edit
7–30 August 2026
Something Else Gallery
1/8 Belgrave Street, Manly
Opening Night: Friday 7 August, 6:00 pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Designed by Nature
8–30 August 2026
Royal Art Society
25–27 Walker Street, North Sydney
Opening: Friday 8 August, 1:00–3:00 pm
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Closed on Public Holidays
The Other Environmental
14–23 August 2026
Art Bau Gallery
1/1 Mitchell Road, Brookvale
Opening Night: Friday 14 August, 6:00–8:00 pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
I’m also very happy to share some exciting finalist news. My artwork has been selected as a finalist in the Lethbridge Gallery Small Scale Art Award 2026 in Brisbane, with the exhibition taking place during August 2026. In addition, I have been selected as a finalist in the 9×5 Landscape Art Prize 2026 at Waverley Woollahra Art School, with the finalist exhibition opening in September 2026.
And there is even more to look forward to — my next solo exhibition is coming in September. I’ll be sharing details of this new body of work very soon, so stay tuned for the official announcement.
Thank you, as always, for following my artistic journey and supporting my work. I hope to see some of you at one of the exhibitions this month.
The exhibition True Blue & a Little Bit of Yellow at Gosford Community Gallery was the first of many we held during the first three years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It marked a moment when art became a way to stand together, to act, and to help. Seven Australian artists of Ukrainian descent, all living and working in Australia, came together to sell artworks and raise funds for Ukrainians in need. The theme — blue and yellow — was both simple and deeply felt: a tribute to the ocean, to emotion, and to shared experience. We are endlessly grateful to everyone who visited, supported the exhibition, purchased artworks, or made a donation. This exhibition ran from 27 June to 1 July 2022, and it set the tone for everything that followed.
Trained in the classical European school of realistic drawing and painting, I’ve worked across many mediums, but today I am best known for textural acrylic and oil works that focus on the individuality of Australian flora. My process begins with shallow sculptural relief backgrounds that capture the forms and textures of the bush. Onto these surfaces, I layer subtle hues and naturalistic details. From afar, the paintings often read as abstract compositions; up close, they reveal intricate studies of colour and form. As a newcomer to Australia, painting became my way of connecting with this land — learning its trees, flowers, and light through observation. I believe that when we truly know something, we begin to care for it. My work invites viewers to see the bush not as a uniform green mass, but as a collection of distinct, vibrant individuals.
