In 1996, with great excitement I renewed connections with my training as a classical archaeologist, joining the University of Sydney dig at the ancient theatre at Pafos through the invitation of my early lecturer Richard Green. The Hellenistic-Roman Cypriot past became my living present and began to permeate my artwork and writing. Classical elements converged with Australian themes in my tapestries and paintings. Archaeology, with its intricate and humble devotion to the minutiae of unearthing buildings and objects claimed me again, so that I could bring to life the work of the fresco painters of the Pafos theatre…
Flower and tendrils, 1998, gouache drawing of fresco from ceiling of parados of the Pafos theatre, 29.8 x 19.1 cm. From the exhibition Travellers from Australia, exhibited at the Pailia Ilektriki, Ktima Pafos, Cyprus, 2-15 October, as part of the official program of the Pafos2017 European Capital of Culture.
Imitation marble, 1997, gouache drawing of imitation marble fresco from the Pafos theatre, 40 x 26 cm. From the exhibition Travellers from Australia, exhibited at the Pailia Ilektriki, Ktima Pafos, Cyprus, 2-15 October, as part of the official program of the Pafos2017 European Capital of Culture.
Flower for Aphrodite, 1998-2012, woven tapestry fragment: wool and silk on cotton warp, 25 x 25 cm framed. From the exhibition Travellers from Australia, exhibited at the Pailia Ilektriki, Ktima Pafos, Cyprus, 2-15 October, as part of the official program of the Pafos2017 European Capital of Culture.
Traces of the ancient city: the sacred metropolis, 2009, graphite on rice paper, 45 x 440 cm. From the exhibition Travellers from Australia, exhibited at the Pailia Ilektriki, Ktima Pafos, Cyprus, 2-15 October, as part of the official program of the Pafos2017 European Capital of Culture.
Detail, Traces of the ancient city: the sacred metropolis, 2009, graphite on rice paper 45 x 440 cm (whole work). From the exhibition Travellers from Australia, exhibited at the Pailia Ilektriki, Ktima Pafos, Cyprus, 2-15 October, as part of the official program of the Pafos2017 European Capital of Culture.