The paintings and drawings in EDGE are my response to the drought conditions and isolation of the desert. The salt bush became the metaphor for me of the feminine spirit of our land.
Importantly selections of these works were shown both in Melbourne and Sydney and signalled my representation as an artist with Anita Traverso Gallery in Richmond,Melbourne. Anita organised Victoria Hammond to write the response to the work below and she kindly opened the show, my work was shown in Gallery 2. The Melbourne sculptor Kate Hendry opened her show Grey Scale in Gallery 1. The beginning of an important relationship that continues to today.
I had shown the year before with Anita Traverso in a group show with two artists whom I admire strongly for their work and as friends, Russell Way and Costantine Nicholas. I had met them through my partner Gregory's gallery ROM that had operated in Darlinghurst from 1992-1995 where we had all had one man shows. It was Russell who initially met and negotiated our group show with Anita, it was called Journey 3 Courtenay + Nicholas + Way and was a success for us all.
It also signalled my representation with Charles Hewitt in Sydney, after being in his Xmas group show late 2007. The Sydney show draw large crowds and was noted in press articles.