I am very excited to announce that my painting "On the Threshold of Change" (2024) has been selected as a Finalist in the 2025 Fisher's Ghost Art Award in the Contemporary Art section. The winner will be announced on October 31, 2025 – fingers crossed!

After Magritte's "On the Threshold of Liberty" (1929), my Pop Surrealist work examines our nightmares on the threshold of the next quarter century. Borrowing from Albert Tucker and my favourite Pop masters, the panels in this work shout about the war on gender, LGBTQI+ rights, climate change and genocide, paying homage to the great art activists!

The Fisher's Ghost Art Award is an annual art award and exhibition inviting artists to submit works in a variety of artistic categories and mediums. Now in its 63rd year, there is over $60,000 in prize money to be won across the categories. In 2025, the celebrated Open Award, which is acquisitive to the Campbelltown City Council Art Collection, is valued at $50,000.

Over the years, the Open Award has been awarded to some of Australia's most respected contemporary artists including Elisabeth Cummings, Khaled Sabsabi, Justene Williams, David Bromley, Marion Borgelt, Raquel Ormella, Tina Havelock Stevens, Kuba Dorabialski, Robert Fielding, Angela Tiatia and most recently, Katy B Plummer.

The Fisher's Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown's annual Festival of Fisher's Ghost. Held over ten days, the Festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia's most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.