The Deaf Culture Project
The paper sculpture sets are spatial movements of our Deaf sign language in sculptural forms and paintings, art installation and mixed mediums to communicate our Deaf Culture and experiences that we face especially in an inaccessible world.

The first Auslan sculpture set was a finalist for the Banyule Art Prize 2019, ​the drawing of second Auslan sculpture was a finalist in the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize. A new set is a finalist for the Midsumma Australia Post Art Prize 2020. Deaf Social Gathering artwork was a finalist in the Neil Counihan Commemorative Art Award.

Deaf Agency; sculpture and drawing; 90 x 90 cm; $5000.

'My Computer is My Best Friend'; paper, copper leaf, plaster, paint; variable dimensions, total set up 50 x 45 cm; $1500 for whole set.

'My Computer is My Best Friend' - side view. Each piece signed word in set is as 'My - Computer - Gave - Me - Access - To - The - World.'

Word: 'COMPUTER'. Dimensions: 12 x 8 cm

Word: 'Me'. Dimensions: 10 x 8 cm

word: 'THE'. Dimensions: 9 x 10 cm

Word: 'WORLD'. Dimensions: 13 x 10 cm

Word: 'ACCESS'. Dimensions: 9 x 6 cm

Computer Gave Me Access to World Painting 5 x 9 cm; $350

Deaf Culture; charcoal, pencil, pastel, gouache; 10 x 8 inches; $180

I am Deaf, Languages 100. conceptual; pencil and charcoal; 20 x 30 cm; $150

The drawing stage for A Deaf Social Gathering Circle artwork; 2019

I Love Multicultural Food in Auslan fabric sculptures; 52 x 36 cm; 2019

Drawing of the Auslan sculptures about wearing the Tickle Talker. FINALIST IN THE LYN MCCREA MEMORIAL DRAWING PRIZE AT NOOSA REGIONAL GALLERY IN NOVEMBER 2019

Second set of Auslan spatial movements sculptures about the time I wore the tickle talker

Spatial Movements of our Auslan sign language in paper sculptural forms. FINALIST IN THE BANYULE ART PRIZE. SOLD

Eye level view of the Auslan sculptures set 1 before going on wall. SOLD

Pride - Velvet Fabric Auslan Sculpture; 10 x 10 cm; 2019

I Love Multicultural Food in Auslan fabric sculptures with wire shadow of sign movement; 52 x 36 cm; 2019

Tickle talker sculpture, July 2019, tickle talker device size 30 x 15 x 8 cm; manila & docs: 7 x 5 cm. Electrics (led light) made by artist, no electric shocks available since 1988. $2000

Deaf woman, Siobhan singing a song in sign language and sculptures of her spatial movements are created

Deaf woman, Roberta chatting in sign language at social gatherings and sculptures of her spatial movements are created

'Eye level' view of the sculptures of Siobhan's and Roberta's signing

'Deaf Girl's Blank Canvas' preliminary drawings (in gouache paint) for the growing up Deaf project as part of the major Deaf Culture art project I'm developing. These two preliminary artworks are the first two of the large 25-30 artworks to be painted outlining the tools and things used in my life to develop as I grew up.

Progress of sculpture of the Tickle Talker, an electric shock device glove I wore on my hand in 1988 at age 9 to 'hear'.

The obsolete tickle talkers from 1988, currently on loan to me from the Melbourne Royal Ear and Eye Hospital for art installations

Antique hearing aid boxes, donated to me as found objects for the art installation

My first teletype phone that I received in 1990, and an old dial phone from the 1980s. These are found objects for the art installation

'I Will Never Hear Ever!' a powerful painting with a message about Deaf people who never heard from birth. $1500

FINALIST EXHIBITION for the Banyule Art Prize

Standing with my work with the Banyule Mayor

Standing with my work, shown as Sold.

The Banyule mayor and council staff discussing my work with me

FINALIST EXHIBITION for the Noel Counihan Commemorative Award

Deaf Social Gathering in the Noel Counihan Commemorative Award at Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne.

The Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize FINALIST exhibition

The Auslan Movement show supported by: