The Western Collection – Years in the Making

Over the past few years I’ve been slowly building a western-inspired body of work, shaped by travel, quiet moments on the road, and the people and landscapes that continue to inspire my practice. Some pieces came from long road trips, others from encounters with individuals whose stories stayed with me long after we met. Each artwork became part of a larger collection before I even realised the series was taking shape.

Earlier this year, a selection of these works was exhibited for a month during the Tamworth Country Music Festival alongside a group of artists. Seeing the collection displayed together was a milestone moment… pieces that had been created across different seasons, locations, and experiences finally sharing the same walls.

Collections like this are never created overnight. They grow slowly, shaped by experiences, sketches, reference photography, and the time it takes for an idea to fully develop into a finished work. The Western Collection represents several years of that process and remains one of the most personal series I’ve created so far.

With the exhibition now complete, a number of the original works from the collection are available, each carrying its own story from the road and ready to begin a new life in a collector’s space... you can find them in my Ranch Range Collection