About
Education
1989-1992
Bachelor of Science (Honours) University of Queensland
2006-2009
Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) Australian National University School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Fog and Fault-lines, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, Canberra
2011 Preserverd Disintegrations, The Front Gallery, Canberra
2008 Solitary, Mimosa Gallery, Glen Innes, NSW
2006 Peter McLean Screenprints, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
2005 Room to Move, Mimosa Gallery, Glen Innes, NSW
2002 Autumn/Winter, Mimosa Gallery, Glen Innes, NSW
2001 Dashed on the Rocks, Mapleton Artspace, Queensland
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2012
BSG Work on Paper Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria.
Golden Days, Glen Innes Art Gallery, Glen Innes, NSW.
2011
CAPO Auction, National Archives, Canberra.
Manly Library Artists Book Awards, Manly, NSW.
Alone Off The Press, The Left Hand Gallery, Braidwood, NSW
2010
String Books, The Left Hand Gallery, Braidwood, NSW
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Awards, Fremantle, Western Australia
Loupe, Megalo Print Workshop, Canberra
Systematic, M16 Artspace, Canberra
Weereewa Works on Paper Prize, KikuArts Gallery, Bungendore.
2009
ANU School of Art Graduate Exhibition
Presence and Contemplation, M16 Artspace, Canberra
Light Industrial, M16 Artspace, Canberra
2008
ANU School of Art Graduate Exhibition.
M16 Drawing Prize – joint winner.
2007
M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, Canberra
2006
Recent Acquisitions: photographs and prints, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
Under Urban Influence, Mimosa Gallery, Glen Innes, NSW.
2005
Megalo member’s exhibition, Megalo Print Workshop, Canberra.
CPM National Print Awards, Murwillumbah, NSW.
Primary Connections, McTaggart House, Toowoomba, Qld.
2004
Contemporaries, Glen Innes Art Gallery, Glen Innes, NSW.
Bush and Beach, Mimosa Gallery, Glen Innes NSW.
2003
Waste →Art & Design Competition, Finalists. Toured Regional NSW.
2002
What is a Print, Gallery of the Quebec Printmaking Council, Montreal, Canada.
Sewn, Bound & Flown, University of Wollongong, NSW.
Awards and Prizes
2012
Artstart Grant, Australia Council for the Arts.
Fiskars Co-operative of Artists and Artisans Residency, Finland.
2011
J. B. Blunk Residency, California, USA.
2010
Weereewa Works on Paper Prize, First Prize
Feemantle Arts Centre Print Awards, Finalist
2009
ANU Emerging Artist Support Scheme, Front Gallery Award
ANU Emerging Artist Support Scheme, Ampersand Duck Studio Residency
2008
M16 Drawing Prize, Winner
Professional Experience
2011
Megalo Print Studio, Canberra – Acting Press Studio Manager.
2010-2012
National Art School, Sydney – Sessional Lecturer
2010
Australian National University School of Art – Sessional Lecturer
2008-2011
Megalo Print Workshop – Technical Assistant, Tutor
2005
Hands On Studio – Tutor – Art classes for people with intellectual disabilities.
Public and Corporate Collections
State Library of Queensland
Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, NSW
KPMG
Lucid Art Foundation, California
Fiskars Co-operative of Artists and Artisans, Finland
Glen Innes Art Gallery, NSW
art out and about 
November 11, 2008 at 11:48 am
I came across your site on google by typin in leaves and art, your work is exactly what i was looking for as inspiration. Do you mind me making reference to you in my work? I am studying fine art at uni and your work is very relavant to what i’m doing. May i also ask you why it is you have chosen a human figure silohette to draw/create every time?
Thanks again for the inspiring images
Aless
November 11, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Thanks Aless, and yes of course you can reference my stuff.
Why the silhouette? The silhouette represents myself, even though an audience might just see “a person” and that’s ok too. I think the art out and about works refer to the transience of all our lives (and possibly more widely of civilizations even). Just as the arrangement of leaves on the ground in a figure soon disintergrates as the wind blows, so my own body will one day disintergrate. I am also marking place. It is like a grafitee “I was here” but in a humble way, that does not permanently alter the place, and is soon gone in any case. This subtlety of marking place is important to me as I am deeply concerned about the way we use this earth.
On a less serious level, figures are just fun. People easilly recognise and respond to figures or faces – no mater how abstracted. When I first started thinking about this work I was of course aware of Andy Goldsworthy, so I was looking for a new shape, rather than geometric forms that he (and others) often use, so I started using my silhouette.
(sorry for rambling – graduation assesment is tommorrow so I have been thinking up all this stuff for weeks). Have you seen work by Hossein Valamanesh? Think you will find that interesting.
what sort of work are you doing with leaves? Are there any images online?
cheers
pete
January 18, 2009 at 3:51 am
Wow Peter!!!
I love your blog. You’ve struck a nice balance between thought-provoking and playful. I particularly like your quirky photos. I’ll have to spend some time here and check out what you’ve been up to.
Cheers Lucretia
August 12, 2009 at 11:31 am
Your new look weblog is really impressive.