At the base of my creative research project lie (a) the contention that within the field of contemporary abstract painting there is an intrinsic relationship between the gesture and the sublime and (b) the intention to explore this relationship through experimentation in the production of artefacts complemented by investigation of relevant academic and theoretical commentary and explication. However, my lifelong involvement with surfing and with its art and culture provided in the first place an intuitive knowledge of the relationship between the gesture and the sublime and, in the second, a source of comparison and parallels in regard to this relationship that informed and interacted with the processes both of creative experimentation and scholarly investigation. This dynamic interplay was active and continued throughout the whole research project. In consqeuence its effects are evident not only in the aftefacts themselves but also in the structure of the exegesis which, in following the course of the interplay and in providing commentary on the artefacts, draws upon and interweaves personal experience, perceptions and insights with facets and characteristics of the history and evolution of contemporary abstraction, the art of surfing and surf art. / Thesis (MVisualArts)--University of South Australia, 2007.

Thesis (M.A. (Hons.)) -- University of Western Sydney, 2003. / "Submitted in part fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts (Honours) by Research, School of Contemporary Arts, University of Western Sydney" Bibliography : leaves 104-110.

Thesis (MA (Hons.))--University of Western Sydney, Nepean, 1999. / "Submitted in part fulfillment for the degree of Master of Arts Honours in Visual Arts, University of Western Sydney Nepean, 1999." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-61, 62-63).

Creative work and dissertation. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, School of Art, Victorian College of the Arts, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-189).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2008. / Principal faculty advisor: Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Dept. of Art History. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2004. / Title from title screen (viewed 5 May 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Sydney College of the Arts. Degree awarded 2004; thesis submitted 2003. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-105). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 291-309).

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1982. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-29).

Thesis (MA(Fine Arts))-University of Pretoria, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.