This year I am a finalist with two paintings Boranup Forest Light and Regeneration reflecting on my inexplicit connection to this unique forest and the forthcoming stories I am empowered to reveal.

Collie Art Gallery’s $50,000 Collie Art Prize (CAP2023) is one of regional Australia’s richest individual art prizes, and forms part of the coal mining town’s push to diversify its economy into tourism and other industries. On this momentous I am happy for my painting Boranup Forest was the Award winning painting.