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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 
1982 – Bachelor of Education (Art), Melbourne University; majors in child psychology, print-making/etching
1999 – Certificate IV Interior Decoration, RMIT University
2009 – Certificate IV Training and Assessment Swinburne Institute of Technology

EMPLOYMENT – ART TUITION AND ASSESSMENTS
1984 – 86 – secondary teaching, Education Department Victoria
1986 – 87 – International School, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 – 2010 – TAFE College System at Moorabbin, Swinburne and RMIT. Teaching/course design for interior & garden design, tertiary folio preparation, drawing, watercolour and oil painting
2014 – Mercer School of Interior Design – private college – teaching/course design

INTERIOR DESIGN
1978 – 2003 – Partner, R.P. Busselmann & Associates
Commercial and Domestic interior decoration – materials/finishes installation, colour planning, lighting and furniture layouts, garden design

PRIVATE TUITION
Life Drawing – drawing techniques, lighting, colour
Interior Decoration – rendering, perspective drawing, colour/line/tone
Portfolio preparation – prep for Tertiary courses/Industry, Interior Design/Decoration
Ballarat Special School, Voluntary – Art/Craft

STUDIOS
2014 – present – Ballarat studio, Victoria
2009 – 2014 – Green Shed Studio Moama, NSW
2003 – 2005 – Northern Arts Inc., Preston, Victoria
2001 – 2009 – Wingrove Studio Fairfield, Victoria

AWARD, PRIZES & ENTRIES
2017 – ARCHIBALD PRIZE ENTRY
2016 – ​BALLARAT ART SOCIETY – PENCIL/COLLAGE (first prize)
2016 – ​BALLARAT ART SOCIETY – PORTRAITURE (first prize)
2014 – ARCHIBALD PRIZE ENTRY
2009 – ARCHIBALD PRIZE ENTRY
2006 – CROMWELL ART PRIZE (short listed)
2005 – CROMWELL ART PRIZE (short listed)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 – present – CONVENT GALLERY, Daylesford, Victoria – works on permanent display
2017 – present – ANSONIA ON LYDIARD HOTEL, Ballarat, Victoria – works on permanent display

2019 – CONVENT GALLERY, Daylesford, Victoria
2015 – CONVENT GALLERY, Daylesford, Victoria
2011 – CONVENT GALLERY, Daylesford, Victoria
2006 – CONVENT GALLERY, Daylesford, Victoria
2005 – CHARLES SMITH GALLERY, Collingwood, Victoria
2004 – ART AFFAIRS GALLERY, Carlton, Victoria
2004 – SMYRNIOS GALLERY, Prahran, Victoria
2003 – CHARLES SMITH GALLERY, Collingwood, Victoria
2002 – CONVENT GALLERY, Daylesford, Victoria
2002 – ART AFFAIRS GALLERY, Carlton, Victoria

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 – BALLARAT TRADES HALL GALLERY, Ballarat, Victoria
2017 – RADMAC ART SPACE, Ballarat, Victoria
2017 – ROBERT CLARKE CENTRE GALLERY, Ballarat, Victoria
2016 – BALLARAT TRADES HALL GALLERY, Ballarat, Victoria
2016 – ​GALLERY SPACE, RADMAC, Ballarat, Victoria
2006 – CROMWELL ART PRIZE EXHIBITION, Sydney, NSW
2005 – CROMWELL ART PRIZE EXHIBITION, Sydney, NSW
2006 – LIBART GALLERY, Northcote, Victoria
2004 – NORTHERN ARTS INC., Preston, Victoria
2003 – SYNERGY GALLERY, Northcote, Victoria
2002 – STEPS GALLERY, Fitzroy, Victoria
2002 – ART AFFAIRS GALLERY, Carlton, Victoria
2002 – ARTISTCARE GALLERY, South Melbourne, Victoria

COLLECTIONS
Trades Hall, Melbourne
Private collections in NSW, Victoria, USA, Germany, England, Singapore, China, Canada

MEMBERSHIPS
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Ballarat Gallery, Ballarat
Mechanics Institute, Ballarat
Ballarat Society of Artists, Ballarat
Soroptimist International of Ballarat