Weekly walks in the bush, the constant watching of people and birds, the love of carving, and a lifetime as an artist have combined to create the artworks in this exhibition. Passions, Journeys and Imaginings is a survey of the 130 artworks that have been created in the last 10 years.

Christine’s passions include native birds and flowers, patterns, circles and colours. Her journeys include both the physical and the emotional responses to her surrounds.

Animal Portraits comprises a series of framed composite digital works representing pets and favourite animals as majestic figures in historical paintings. These anthropomorphic images are derived from photographs I have taken of pets and animals which I have endeavoured to match with appropriate historical early American Folk Painting.

The word “phase” has a number of loosely related definitions, associated with time and change; with making things happen in gradual stages; or with being in (or out) of harmony.

In this exhibition, members of the faculty and our collaborators explore the meaning or the experience of ‘phase’, and aim to interrogate, illustrate, elucidate or illuminate something fresh about the term.

Histories & Habitats presents hand-printed works on paper and ceramics that explore the intricate forms of Australia’s flora and fauna, the landscapes they inhabit.

The exhibition marks the culmination of five years of experimental printmaking following a scientific career in archaeology and palaeo-ecology. Through an artistic lens, Fenja revisits her earlier environmental research and draws upon new encounters with nature’s beauty and the fragility of ecosystems, particularly focused on the mountain landscapes of our local region.

Occupying Space consists of a series of quilt and collage works created from photographs I have taken of landscapes in the South Coast of NSW. I spent time on Yuin Country as part of ANU’s Sharing Stories community program in 2025/26.

Ideas of dispossession, perspective, exploitation and enduring colonial structures are explored using a reparative aesthetic. Quilts, as a medium, symbolise safety, comfort and security. My artworks tap into the long history of radical textiles, where women’s art making has been deeply associated with social change, activism and truth-telling.

This exhibition expresses the beauty and colour I see in the world in spite of my vision impairment. It reflects the people who have impacted my life journey, and the places, both real and imaginary, that I keep alive in my imagination. My artwork reveals my love of bright colour and detail, with a mix of Copic marker and collage. If you look closely at my artwork, you will see that I draw the tiny squares and flowers in pencil, then individually colour them and add stickers and paper illustrations.

I invite you to enter my world of colour and enjoy the stories of my life.