The portfolio
Three folders: the art I make, the travel writing I file, and the career work behind it. Jump to the one you need.
Artist portfolio
Music, comedy, illustration, photography and screenwriting, one tile each.
Music videos
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) cover
The Adams Administration cut rap (Hamilton) cover
Live performances
All Too Well (Taylor Swift cover), live
All Too Well (Taylor Swift cover), live, second performance
Champagne Problems (Taylor Swift cover), Mount Isa Music Shack
Spanische Eseltreiber, classical piece
Original songs
Telephone, original
Drinking in Silence, original
Sad Songs, original
Covers
The Weather (Lawrence cover)
Lover (Taylor Swift cover)
In The Kitchen (Reneé Rapp cover)
Mastermind (Taylor Swift cover)
I Dreamed a Dream, cover
Comedy and parody
Beauty School Dropout, all the parts played by me
Dumb Man Reasons
Loose Lips (Kimya Dawson cover)
Visual art
From my Art Ideas Portfolio for the Certificate III in Visual Art. Each piece answers an art movement, from Romanticism to Futurism. Tap an image to see it larger. See the full portfolio with the story behind each piece.
Photography
Travel writing portfolio
Samples that show range: a personal essay, a practical guide and a destination piece.
Regional isn’t remote
Mount Isa and Charleville: two remote towns, two different lives
A weekend on the Granite Belt
Vienna for music lovers
The Cairns road trip: how I’d plan it again
Creative CV
Stage, music, visual art and making things, from primary school musicals to open mic nights.
Theatre and performance
- Queensland Academy for Creative Industries, Theatre and Music major (2015), covering Suzuki Method, Viewpoints and Composition, and realism training
- Coming Home, Young Eve (actress and writer), devised production, 2015
- Sweat, Tears and the Salt Sea, solo devised verbatim performance staged in a repurposed bathtub, Living Library and Festival of Australian Student Theatre, 2015
- Babbel, PlayLab creative development, 2015
- Lighting and sound technician on school, festival and community productions, including Stanthorpe Little Theatre (2019)
- Queensland Theatre Monday Night Masterclasses, 2014 to 2016; Backbone Youth Arts internship, 2016
- Earlier: The Wiz (2013 to 2014) and Kids in Paradise, lead role in a primary school original musical (2012)
Music
- Original songs and covers self-produced and released on YouTube since 2016
- Open mic performer: Stanthorpe Little Theatre (2019, 2025), the Music Shack in Mount Isa (Dec 2023 to Mar 2024), plus Charleville and Brisbane
- Savage Daughter community choir, vocalist and choir leader (2025)
- Jam sessions and joint performances with local Stanthorpe musicians (2025 to now)
- QACI Music Ensemble Showcase with concert band and vocal ensemble (2015)
- Clarinet and bass clarinet in concert band and orchestra; piano and singing lessons with AMEB exams
- Diploma of Sound Production, TAFE Coomera (partial, 2023): Pro Tools, Reaper, live sound and composing with music technology
Visual art and making
- Certificate III in Visual Arts, TAFE Queensland (2016): charcoal and chalk, ink, cubist collage, ceramic relief, sacred geometry, life drawing and painting
- Work selected for the end-of-year exhibition at the Southbank TAFE gallery
- Original lino prints donated as a Project for Awesome charity fundraising perk (2016)
- Sewing, cross stitch and knitting, taught by my grandmother
- Self-directed short films since childhood
- See the Art Ideas Portfolio
Writing, speaking and movement
- Founder and producer of The Other Brief: this website and a YouTube channel of vlogs, original music and covers, since 2016
- Writing Fridays at Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
- Toastmasters Stanthorpe, Icebreaker speech and the Using Humor track (2025)
- Mentoring a peer through The Artist’s Way creative recovery program
- Partner dancing at Stanthorpe Latin nights and adult ballet; salsa and bachata in Mount Isa
Career portfolio
The work that shows how I teach, train and lead. Only samples I have permission to share go here.
Training design
Course outlines, session plans and assessment tools built for workplaces and community groups.
Volunteer emergency services training
Samples from delivering volunteer emergency services training, with names and faces removed.
Choir and vocal leadership
Choir direction, vocal coaching and community singing projects.
Qualifications and coursework
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and sample coursework.
Choir and ensemble performances
Coming Home
Year 10 Folk Ensemble 2015
Vocal Collective, Creative Ensembles Showcase May 2015
Creative Ensemble Showcase 2015