Tree Listening is an exploratory practice manifesting in a variety of works, residencies, walks, talks and workshops.

Core to my practice is the question:
What Does the World Need to Hear?
When I consider the world we currently exist….
Of busy-stimulated-disconnected & climate catastrophe…
My answer is: TREES.

Stop. Breathe.
And listen to a tree.
Not only with your ears.
But with your whole being: 
Observing. Feeling. Breathing. Learning. Thinking.

Key outcomes so far:

2025 – Tree Listening Residency, The Cannery Arts Centre (Kepa Kurl / Esperance)
A residency focused on connecting with the community and local trees. I walked/interviewed a series of local tree experts to learn about key species in the region, ran workshops with students to develop a Forest of Important Trees before creating an installation in The Art Room Gallery.
I also hosted a public Tree-Talk with a Noongar Elder and a biologist, and piloted Tree Walk & Draw—a two-hour guided experience in deep noticing through walking and drawing.

2024 – Forest of Important Trees, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery
Created through in-school workshops with over 150 children, each drawing a tree of personal significance. These drawings formed a collective installation, complemented by a Tree Library and interactive drawing station for visitors. Children’s descriptions were woven into a poetic text and printed on take-home memento cards.

2023 – Moodjar Forever, Fremantle Biennale
In collaboration with East Hamilton Hill Primary School, Noongar Elder Aunty Sandra Harben, and Ecologist Dr. Vicki Cramer. Centered on the Moodjar (WA Christmas Tree), the project explored ecological and cultural knowledge through student-led artworks. Children created paste-ups of drawings and imagined what the Moodjar might say to humans.

2020 – Shhhhh, City of Stirling Tree Trail
A sensory-based pilot installation inviting families to listen to trees. Included recorded sounds—like kaarak (black cockatoo) calls and balgas in the rain—as well as stethoscopes for listening to sap flow and polypipes for amplifying sounds in the canopy. A playful, immersive invitation to consider trees as active soundscapes.