The Dreaming Place

This is an artist collaboration between myself & Olga Dziemidowiczi (also on Bluethumb). We combined her landscape expertise with my love of figurative painting. I incorporated two female figures into two of her existing landscapes, placing them within the scene as observers of the world around them.

Olga’s bold, expressive brushstrokes contrast sharply with the finely rendered figures, who stand solid amidst the swirling, vibrant scenery. The figure's clothing and stance subtly reflect the colour and mood of their surroundings.

This is one of two canvases that can be displayed as a diptych or hung individually. The sides of the canvas are painted as the landscape painting continues around the edges of the canvas. These paintings are ready to hand although can be framed.

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I'm a Melbourne artist making art about people, identity and relationships. I draw on my experience as a woman and a mother, and as a result, most of my work is about womanhood. I am a passionate advocate of women’s issues and gender equality.

I have an interest in patterns and lines and include them in nearly all my work. My attraction to patterns comes from my love of order (I'm also an accountant), but I mostly like the flat, decorative element it adds. Sometimes the material inspires the subject, but more often than not, I seek out a particular look, colour or pattern to go with the concept I have in mind. Including patterns is a way of adding another dimension to the work.

In 2020, I won the Unearthed Prize by Art to Art gallery in Balwyn. I've been exhibiting since 2012, when I held my first solo show. Prizes for which I have been shortlisted include the 2025 Omnia Prize, 2019 Footscray Art Prize, the 2018 Contemporary Art Prize, the 2016 Hornsby Prize, the 2016 She competition, the Lethbridge 10000 Small-Scale Art Prize, the 2013 Agendo Award and the 2011 Metro Award.  Early in my career, I won the 2013 Yen magazine Female Artist award and won 2 prizes at the Albert Park College Art Show. My artwork is in private collections worldwide and is part of the Standard Chartered Bank art collection, Albert Park College public collection, and the Image Mundi project.