His treatment of the figure is a stand-out feature in that they are almost exclusively clad from head to toe in some form of PPE (personal protective equipment) – like icons for a place where humanity is constantly at risk from its own endeavours.

The people and desolate landscapes in his works anticipate the impending industrial wasteland that much better represent our Western Australian civilisation than the romantic remains of rural Australia celebrated in the mythology underpinning much Australian art.’
Dr Duncan McKay, 2022 (abridged)

The works collectively attest to the artist’s oeuvre and unique making strategy dubbed ‘fakeology’, which applies to making museological hybrids; a blend of historical references and personal psychohistory coupled with an imaginative investigation of Western Australian material culture.

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