Art Critic

Book Reviewer  selected reviews in bold can be accessed by clicking on the title

Book Reviews

"The Crafts Movement in Australia: A History",  Craftwest (Winter 1993), p. 18.

"Adorned: Traditional Jewellery and Body decoration from Australia and the Pacific," Craft Arts International vol 49 (2000), p. 116.

Australian Furniture: Pictorial History and Dictionary 1788-1938”, Craft Arts International vol C 2000-1

David Watkins Wendy Ramshaw: A life’s Partnership”, Craft Arts International vol 77 (2009), pp. 112–113.

Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment: Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa”, Craft Arts International vol 79 (2010), pp. 112-113.

Art Meets Jewellery: 20 Years Galerie Slavik”, Craft Arts International vol 82, (2011), pp. 76-77.

“Collecting Ladies”, Australiana vol 35 no 4 (Nov. 2013), pp. 25-28.

Bauhaus on the Swan: Elise Blumann, an emigré artist in Western Australia” History West January/February 2016, pp. 7-8.

“The Southwest: Australia’s Biodiversity Hotspot” History West July  2016, p. 7.

“Barunga”, History West June 2017, p. 9.

 

Festivals

"Uglielands: the Fremantle Festival 2001." Artlink vol 22 no 1 (March 2002), pp. 68-69.

"The festival that could have been", The Bulletin with Newsweek March 15, 1994, p. 102.

 

Exhibition Reviews

'Disturbing Journeys: How a mind has travelled further than a reputation',  The Bulletin with Newsweek Jan. 14, 1992, pp. 96-7.

'Faces in Time: Perth gets top masks', The Bulletin with Newsweek March 24, 1992, p. 102

'Plot Lost Enroute: From WA to Singapore makes for a sculptural maze', The Bulletin with Newsweek August 18, 1992, p. 121.

'No Flaws in this Glass', The Bulletin with Newsweek  Oct. 6, 1992, pp. 83-4.

'Dip into the West', The Bulletin with Newsweek  Feb. 16, 1993, p. 88.

'Symbolic Surrealism', The Bulletin with Newsweek  Mar. 2, 1993, p. 86.

'Age and Exuberance', The Bulletin with Newsweek  April 6, 1993, p. 87.

'Painters Exposed', The Bulletin with Newsweek  April 20, 1993, p. 110.

"Slovenia on the Swan", The Bulletin with Newsweek  November 9, 1993, pp. 104-5.

"Desert in Full Bloom", The Bulletin with Newsweek  November 16, 1993, pp. 99-100.

"Peruse the Fine Prints", The Bulletin with Newsweek  Dec 21, 1993, p. 85.

"Contemporary Wearables '93",  Lemel (Summer 1993), pp. 15-16.

"Contemporary Wearables '93", Craft Arts International vol 30 (1994), pp. 93-5.

"Portrait of the artist as transformer", The Bulletin with Newsweek Sept 16, 1994, p. 92.

"Bowls to cherish", The Bulletin with Newsweek Sept. 23, 1994, p. 93

"So many prints, so little space", The Bulletin with Newsweek Oct 18, 1994, pp. 98-9

"Art as in Artifice", The Bulletin with Newsweek November 15, 1994, p. 98.

"Reflections and refractions",  The Bulletin with Newsweek March 28, 1995, p. 98.

"The Curate's Egg",  Craftwest Collections (Summer 1994), p. 19.

"Australian Jewellery and Objects Today”, Craft Arts  International vol 43 (1998), pp. 109-112.

St Petersburg 1900”, Craft Arts  International vol 65 (2005), pp. 90-91.

Looking over my Shoulder: Lesley Craze Gallery London”, Craft Arts International vol 63 (2005), pp. 81-83.

“Contemporary Viennese Jewellery”, Craft Arts International vol 69 (2007), pp. 101-103.

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2009”, Craft Arts International vol 78 (2010), pp. 74-77.

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2011”, Craft Arts International vol 85  (2012), pp.112-114.

A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity”, Australiana vol 36 no 4 Nov. 2014, pp. 32-38.

Jewellery and Identity”, Craft Arts International vol 94 (2015), pp. 89-92.