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04/06/2026

Photographing artworks accurately for posterity is much more than taking a snap shot. If a conservator cannot use a professionally produced photographic print to accurately mix a colour of an artwork in the process of restoration it’s my belief that that photograph is sub par and not in the spirit of the artists intentions . No matter how nice the photograph looks for social media, it’s actually bad from archival purposes. Documentation of art should be seen with long term objectives in mind, it’s easy to edit a totally accurate image to look good for various uses but it’s impossible to create an archivally accurate image from a picture that was not produced like that in the first place. And it’s important to realise that the opportunity to accurately record a painting for instance is temporal, as an example we will never know what many of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings originally looked like as certain pigments degraded before the painting was accurately documented. The images in this post make up a larger picture that in all probability is the last that will ever be needed for an accurate representation of the work. Working with recently, digitally archiving part of their collection, I photographed this wonderful painting by Jocelyn Maughan OAM. The original photograph will print at over three metres long with a resolution of 300dpi, which is about 50% larger than the actual painting! It’s constructed out of multiple images was taken with a Sony A7R5 that has a native resolution over 60 megapixels. I’ve custom calibrated this camera so the images it records are actually accurate both in colour and tone; you might be surprised to know that no camera no matter how good currently being produced is leaving the factory colour metrically accurate, so this needs to be done by the photographer and hopefully they know and have the skills and knowledge to do this! That situation is possibly insane, but that’s the reality! The images you see are sections that are less than half the resolution of the actual file file recorded. The total picture would need 16 photographs , so I can show you the entire artwork in one post!

24/05/2026

One of the privileges of working with artists is the opportunity to visit their studio and see what they are up to right before a show.
I visited Shanti Shea An at her studio a few weeks ago, photographed a set of sublime paintings and took some portraits as well.
This week is your opportunity to see this wonderful work.
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Velvet Lobster
Opening reception: Thursday 28 May, 6 - 8 pm
Level 1-45 Hutchinson Street
Surry Hills, Sydney, 2010

23/05/2026

Had the opportunity to photograph Steven Harvey’s latest show at Liverpool Street Gallery. A few weeks before the show opened, I travelled down to his bush studio to photograph the new works and I took the opportunity to shoot a few environmental portraits as well! This a beautiful, powerful show that is not to be missed! Steven Harvey, Valley of the Eremites, Full Painted Jacket, Runs until 13th June. stevenharvey

30/04/2026

I photographed a wonderful exhibition at Piermarq Gallery this week.
‘Faulty Cognitions’ by Sydney-based artist Tom Ferson Draws on the visual language of signage and is informed by his training in art therapy. Tom is the first recipient of an Art Incubator grant for 2026, and this exhibition shows that grant bearing fruit!

The show is a quirky, masterful display of integrating the conceptual with a floor-less understanding of colour, materiality and form.
At a formal level Tom has constructed a series of relief sculptures of great variety; materials range from neon signage, pebble-crete, fibreglass and a heathy amount of glitter thrown in for good measure. Each piece is in essence a very singularly object from a formal perspective, while simultaneously adding to form a very tight larger installation; this is a notoriously difficult thing to do!

‘Faulty Cognitions’ is on view from 30 April to 23 May.




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14/04/2026

Exploring the figure and the sublime in landscape in some recent personal work.

13/04/2026

Bridget Stehli at 240 Megapixels. I'm obsessed with this painting. Represented by

26/03/2026

Opening tonight at Gallery LNL! A wonderful exhibition by Evan Salmon - Memento (Still life).

Exquisitely presented by a Gallery LNL and well worth a look!

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26/03/2026