Welcome to the ART1 Journal

A space where fine art photography meets reflection, process, and creative insight.
Here, stories, inspirations, and visual philosophies unfold behind the collections that shape ART1.

From light studies and monochrome atmospheres to POP abstraction, still life, and narrative works, each journal entry provides a deeper look into the ideas, influences, and lived experience that inform the work.

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Archive - Canopi Learning Solutions

Archive - Canopi Learning Solutions

Canopi Role: PhotographerContext: Commercial production for national online training platformsLocation: NSW, including Sydney and regional assignments Between 2011 and 2015, while living in Coffs Harbour, operating Cr8Studios, and working as...

Archive - Canopi Learning Solutions

Canopi Role: PhotographerContext: Commercial production for national online training platformsLocation: NSW, including Sydney and regional assignments Between 2011 and 2015, while living in Coffs Harbour, operating Cr8Studios, and working as...

Archive - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

Archive - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

Tanks Art Centre Curator, Installation Director, Community Arts FacilitatorThis work predates the founding of Cr8Studios and represents a formative chapter in Raymond Mather’s curatorial and community arts practice. Between 2000...

Archive - Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

Tanks Art Centre Curator, Installation Director, Community Arts FacilitatorThis work predates the founding of Cr8Studios and represents a formative chapter in Raymond Mather’s curatorial and community arts practice. Between 2000...

Archive - Sydney Powerhouse Museum

Archive - Sydney Powerhouse Museum

Tea Dances Between 1992 and 1993, I hosted and facilitated a series of ballroom tea dances at the Sydney Powerhouse Museum, activating the museum’s Turbine Hall as a live social...

Archive - Sydney Powerhouse Museum

Tea Dances Between 1992 and 1993, I hosted and facilitated a series of ballroom tea dances at the Sydney Powerhouse Museum, activating the museum’s Turbine Hall as a live social...

Archive - 3 Men and a Baby Grand

Archive - 3 Men and a Baby Grand

3 Men and a Baby Grand ABC Television Series 3 Men and a Baby Grand was an ABC television series combining theatrical performance, music, and stylised ensemble work. Choreography for...

Archive - 3 Men and a Baby Grand

3 Men and a Baby Grand ABC Television Series 3 Men and a Baby Grand was an ABC television series combining theatrical performance, music, and stylised ensemble work. Choreography for...

Archive - Cr8Studios

Archive - Cr8Studios

Cr8Studios - Community Arts Hub Gallery Community & Cultural Programs  Overview Cr8Studios was an independent gallery, creative workspace, and community arts hub founded and operated by Raymond Mather in Coffs...

Archive - Cr8Studios

Cr8Studios - Community Arts Hub Gallery Community & Cultural Programs  Overview Cr8Studios was an independent gallery, creative workspace, and community arts hub founded and operated by Raymond Mather in Coffs...

Archive - Spider and Rose

Archive - Spider and Rose

pider and RoseFeature Film, AustraliaLocation work, Mudgee, NSW Movement Consultant on Spider and Rose, working on location in Mudgee, NSW, for several days during principal photography. I worked directly with...

Archive - Spider and Rose

pider and RoseFeature Film, AustraliaLocation work, Mudgee, NSW Movement Consultant on Spider and Rose, working on location in Mudgee, NSW, for several days during principal photography. I worked directly with...

ART1 Journal is where fine art photography meets reflection, a living archive of light, colour, and emotion in motion. Each story opens a window into the creative rhythm that shapes ART1, where vision becomes memory, and art meets life.