Upcoming solo exhibition: 'Flux' at Flinders Lane Gallery

I’m thrilled to be exhibiting my first body of work inspired by the Antarctic Peninsula at Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne from 13th - 31st Oct. Please join me for the opening party 1-3pm on Saturday 17th Oct. RSVPs appreciated to assistant@flg.com.au

You can also view the exhibition ’Flux‘ online now, along with a thoughtful and evocative essay by Dr Anne-Marie Jean.

Charlotte Bay watercolour sketches from MS Fram, Antarctic Peninsula

In summer 2025/26 I travelled to the Antarctic Peninsula, following a long-held dream to experience and respond to this remote environment first-hand. Every day I drew and painted in and with the elements – my washes of watercolour holding marks and imprints of falling snow, graupel and wind-blown rain, and my brushstrokes adapting as the ship pitched up and down. I was captivated by the striking blue glow of ice compressed over time, and the enormity and intricacy of a powerful and vulnerable environment full of life and motion.

My solo exhibition Flux delves into this impactful experience, including watercolour monotype prints and paintings, alongside a selection of sketches from the journey. These new works focus on the continual weathering and transformation of glacial icebergs through interaction with ocean and atmosphere. At the threshold of solid and fluid, the endlessly varied forms and textures of icebergs are emblematic of an environment in flux. Through this body of work, I hope to draw this globally significant environment into closer proximity, honouring its beauty and its vital role in regulating the ocean currents and climate systems that connect us all.

Threads of Belonging Residency at Woodleigh School

This month I had the opportunity to spend ten days as Artist in Residence at Woodleigh School, Mornington Peninsula on Boon Wurrung/Bunurong Country, Victoria. It was an extraordinary insight into an inspiring learning environment, thanks particularly to Emma Cleine and Sophie Perez whose vision and energy brought the Threads of Belonging initiative to life.

photo by Woodleigh School

During my time at Woodleigh, the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Gallery transformed into a printmaking studio and I made progress on my own watercolour monotypes, finding marks and colours to convey my recent experiences and memories of an especially powerful, vulnerable and ever-changing environment, the Antarctic Peninsula.

photo by Woodleigh School

photo by Woodleigh School

Student groups from both the junior and senior campuses visited the studio to chat about my work. I enjoyed joining the senior Visual Arts students for a day trip to Melbourne, and being able to introduce them to Flinders Lane Gallery, where work made during the residency will be exhibited later in the year. I spent time with Visual Art students, as well as Outdoor Education and Environment Studies students, talking about the importance of place in my work. Students were then invited to reflect on a place that was important to them through a watercolour monotype printmaking workshop and I appreciated their willingness to dive in and embrace the possibilities of a new medium. It was wonderful to have some of the students’ prints on display during my public artist talk as we celebrated the final evening of the residency with the community.

photo by Woodleigh School

photo by Woodleigh School

WAMA Art Prize

I’m thrilled to be selected as a finalist in the 2025 WAMA Art Prize, Australia’s leading award for environmental art.

This year’s exhibition brings together 54 artists working on and with paper in WAMA’s brand new National Centre for Environmental Art in Budja Budja/Halls Gap, Gariwerd/Grampians.

You can see my work ‘Tangle (Wana Karnu)’ on display from 6 Dec 2025 to 9 Mar 2026 — and cast your vote in the People’s Choice Award while you’re there!

‘Tangle (Wana Karnu)’, 2025, rust and acrylic ink on paper, 240cm x 360cm

Wana Karnu is both a place name and a geological group. ‘Tangle (Wana Karnu)’ suggests layers of time, through the gravelly deposits of an ancient river bed and the gradual intertwining of Mulga limbs and branches in Mutawintji National Park on Pantjikali, Wanyuparlku, Wilyakali and Malyangapa Country, NSW. Suspended in memory, complex networks of twigs signify growth and decay, while prompting consideration of human entanglements and interconnection with ecologies.

I love that WAMA is dedicated to providing opportunities to engage with nature and environmental art, showcasing and reflecting on artistic narratives concerning the natural world and our place within it.

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Collection

I’m thrilled to share that my work ‘Old Mutawintji Gorge 2’ was recently acquired by Wagga Wagga Art Gallery for inclusion in their Margaret Carnegie Print Collection where it will be cared for in great company.

Founded in 1980 through a generous donation by local patron Margaret Carnegie, the collection now comprises over 1,400 original prints by leading Australian artists including Bea Maddock, Fred Williams, Noel Counihan, Arthur Boyd, Fiona Hall, Judy Watson and Kathleen Petyarre. Selections are regularly exhibited in the Margaret Carnegie Gallery at the entrance to Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.

This 168cm x 228cm multi-panel watercolour monotype work from 2023 was made in response to my experiences as a visitor in Mutawintji National Park, on Pantjikali, Wanyuparku, Wilyakali, and Malyangapa Country as part of the Broken Hill City Art Gallery Open Cut Commission.

Photos by Dean Butters.

'Material Nature' at The Drill Hall Gallery

I’m thrilled to have three works included the beautiful exhibition Material Nature, on display at The Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, until 10 August, 2025.

Tangle (Wana Karnu) 2025, rust and acrylic ink on paper, 360 x 240cm & Endurance 14 2025, watercolour monotype on paper with watercolour additions, 228 x 168cm installed in Material Nature at The Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra

Curated by Dr Anne-Marie Jean, Material Nature looks to the power of materials to engage our multi-sensory experience of the natural world. With a focus on embodied awareness, the conventional idiom of landscape painting is collapsed, the viewer no longer positioned outside nature, but within. Works by artists Ros Auld, Manini Gumana, Jahnne Pasco-White, John Peart, Ana Pollak, Annika Romeyn, Savanhdary Vongpoothorn and Garawan Wanambi invite contemplation of our inter-relations with ecologies.