Assemblage and Collage I like to play with assemblage and collage, and though its been a while since I have created any, the collage work has begun to inform my gouache pieces. I like how elements of previous work bubble up to the surface in new forms. Head in a hole, mixed media, Newcastle Arts Space, as part of my solo exhibition A Personal Ecology 2015 Work in progress, assembling dust on canvas, collected at different locations. To be stitched. Finalist in the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale, collage dyptich on foam panels, 1.8m x 1.2m Live Bombs, collage on canvas, 1.8m x 1.6m, finalist in the Basil Sellers Art Prize Hills of Coal, collage on canvas, dyptich, 1.8m x 1.6m, Finalist in the City of Whyalla Art Prize Coal Pods, coal, resin and foam in palm pods, from the exhibition Personal Ecology, Newcastle Art Space. SOLD Lung, Image formed by falling dust on canvas, left in situ for one year at Stockton, NSW. Part of a larger project. Stay tuned. Dead bird pile up, from A Personal Ecology, Newcastle Art Space. Detail of Coal Pod. Coal lolly..coal in resin from A Personal Ecology, Newcastle Art Space Fragment, resin, paint and foam, from A Personal Ecology, Newcastle Art Space SOLD Landscape, chemically eaten styrofoam, paint and resin, from a Personal Ecology, Newcastle Art Space.