Dear Friends. In these challenging times, may you find solace, strength & love in unlikely places & in abundance. Remember, we can only do our best with what we've got, however small & humble. Imagining hope is a big job but is within each and every one of us in 2024. May your loving God bless you & keep you safe.

Soldiers & civilians both share secret lives of superstition and they often carry material objects for ‘luck’ and protection during life’s challenging moments. Building on my rustic War and Peace 2023 amulets, these 2 new designs are high-fire colour glazed using WA stoneware clay & come with each 2024 giclée limited edition print orders for ‘Love in a Cold Climate’ & ‘Crooked Roads’.

Bildungsroman is a self-portrait which continues my exploration of the universal spiritual and philosophical canon to ‘Know Thyself’. I have followed a multi-faith journey held together by the creation of a personal God that expresses my own culture. We talk in private, so painting us speaking in metaphors maintain that sacredness…

I was very honoured to be part of an inspiring conversation when I met with the Delegation of the Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission of the Archdiocese (EIC) at a meeting hosted by the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV)

This article was first published in the London Progressive Journal, 5 July 2015. It was my response to the rise of right-wing elements in the Australian political scene and targeting of my Muslim friends in Melbourne.