One for the books!

Hey there!

Do you ever find yourself looking for a sign? I know I do. A sign that you're making the right choice, going the right way or that something good's going to happen.

I'm always on the lookout for a sign, and so to make my life a little easier, and hopefully yours too, I started painting them.

IT MUST BE A SIGN (Blue)
46cm x 22.8cm
Acrylic on board with hand-sculpted ceramic bolts
2025

If you happen to be in Sydney this week you can find a few of my new sign paintings on display at Sydney Contemporary, in the MARS Gallery booth stockroom from September 11 to 14.

EVERY THING SEEMS LIKE A SIGN (Green)
46.4cm x 22.8cm
Acrylic on board with hand-sculpted ceramic bolts
2024

If you're interested in snapping up one of these new paintings, please send an email to embie@marsgallery.com.au

ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES (Yellow)
46cm x 22.8cm
Acrylic on board with hand-sculpted ceramic bolts
2025

In other exciting news, I'm so pleased to share that my ceramic series titled Life Is Like A Box Of Crayons (2020), which was bought by Artbank, has been featured in a book!

The book's titled On Display, The Story of Artbank. Huge thanks to Laura Couttie, Zoë Rodriguez, and everyone at Artbank for including me in such a cool book.

Photo courtesy of Artbank

If you'd like to view my work in the Artbank collection, click here!

Life is like a box of crayons (detail)
Ceramics
2020
Acquired by Artbank in 2020

In other exciting news, as of this week you can now find my bronze sculpture Throw Caution To The Wind on display at Orange Regional Gallery, as part of the Wynne Prize touring exhibition, from September 6 to November 19.

For more info click here!

Throw caution to the wind
57.5cm x 29.6cm x 42cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on bronze
2025
Image courtesy of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Diana Panuccio

In other news, I recently gave a talk about my art to a class of very talented grade 6's who made some fantastic sculptures in response to my work. Big thanks to Montrose Primary School for having me!

And in some non-art related news, I recently ran my first half marathon!

Thanks so much for reading, hope to run into you sometime soon!