payne in the glass

I have been having fun with glass for more than twenty years.  I get so much joy from experimenting and playing with different ideas.

My range includes, platters/bowls, pendants, wall pieces and blocks.  A recurring theme throughout my work is line and colour and I am particularly drawn to vibrant stripes and these patterns can be seen repeatedly in the different products. Sometimes the stripes are rigid, sometimes they are squiggly and  sometimes they float.  I work from my home studio surrounded by eucalyptus bush and farmland in the Yarra Valley in Victoria, Australia.  

I have a Graduate Certificate in Visual Arts from Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts from Monash University, Melbourne, as well as numerous workshops developing specific skills. 

As well as exhibiting mywork in solo and group exhibitions in Australia and overseas, I have shown my work in various galleries, including:   the Wharf gallery in Williamstown,  Seaview Gallery in Queenscliff,  Metropolis Gallery in Geelong,   Waterwheel in Warburton, Red Rock Regional Art Gallery in Colac, and Lindengate in Tarrawarra, in the Yarra Valley.