Six spot watercolour

07/03/2026

06/03/2026

On ACA tonight between 7 and 730pm
My time at the Anzac Memorial has been life changing and I want to see another veteran do something good for the veteran community and for themselves.

Thanks to ACA for helping us veterans out 🙏

02/02/2026

I am proudly going to be doing 192km of walking next month for MARCH ON for Veterans su***de
My target amount I would love to raise is $5000 for our heroes.

I will keep everyone up to date on my Kilometres as I go starting with my first walk being from Wagga wagga's eternal flame to Kapooka. I thought Kapooka would be a good way for the start as it was where it all started for me and many others.

I am aware of my injuries and accept pain to be my sacrifice in the hopes to save a veteran or more.

https://www.marchonchallenge.org.au/fundraisers/hughsemple

18/01/2026

Leaving a piece of myself in the city.

Jolenes Sydney has been a country refuge amongst the concrete and sirens. I instantly fell inlove with the down to earth atmosphere and I've enjoyed every moment spent there throughout my time in sydney.
Jolene's has on of my rodeo scenes up on the wall and it absolutely belongs there.
I asked the owner, Simon, to name the artwork. He called it ringers waltz, I couldnt of named it better myself.
Thankyou Jolene's for your support and for you welcoming hospitality.
I will forever visit and I am proud to be a part of this wonderful bar.

If you live country music be sure to kick up your boots at Jolene's Sydney

08/01/2026

Come meet me and see the Artworks created about the inspiring stories of our Australian veterans new journeys after service 🎨

I hope everyone had a good holiday break. I myself had a chance to kick back but boy did I miss the memorial and the work involved.

Next week is the last chance to see me within my residency Anzac Memorial
I would love to show the work to you before the exhibition ends on the 31st Jan 26

Times
Wednesday 14th, 1130am - 1230pm

Thursday 15th, 1130am - 1230pm

Friday 16th, 1130am - 1230pm

Saturday, 17th 2pm - 3pm

See you there 👍

22/12/2025

The creation of this piece was a collaborative effort with Talithia Fischer, whose heritage and service give the boomerang its depth of meaning. Talithia is a proud Nywaigi, Yidinji, Manbarra Birrigubba woman who began her Army journey in 2016 through the Army Indigenous Development Program (AIDP), supported by the Indigenous Recruitment Team. From the beginning, she embraced every opportunity the ADF offered, building lifelong friendships and pursuing both professional and personal passions, including representing the Army in rugby.
Her career has included serving on the Indigenous Recruitment Team at ADF Careers in Cairns, a role she recalls as one of the highlights of her service. There, she helped inspire others to consider careers in the Defence Force, opening doors for the next generation of Indigenous service members. Today, Talithia is posted to the 1st Recruit Training Battalion as a Recruit Instructor. In 2024, she returned to the AIDP as an instructor, an achievement she describes with pride, having come full circle to the program where her own journey began.

Thankyou Fish 🐟 🙏 Tee Fischer

21/12/2025

Salute to Service
Charcoal, Conte Crayon on paper

This artwork shows the Australian Defence Force ensign, uniting Army, Navy, and Air Force into a single symbol of strength and shared identity. The eagle, anchor, and swords are balanced with a boomerang.
The boomerang carries deep meaning: Indigenous artwork by current serving indigenous soldier Talithia Fischer, flowing blue lines represent Australia’s rivers and surrounding ocean, while yarning circles at each end embody connection and conversation. Three dotted circles at its base reflect the unity of all Australians, honoured through the colours of the national, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander flags.
Salute to Service is both tribute and thank you, recognising all who have served and those who continue to serve today.

Anzac Memorial ADF Careers

19/12/2025

Transition.
It started with excitement, freedom, possibility.
But that freedom quickly turned into feeling lost.
Like a caged animal released into the wild without the instincts to survive.

Adjustment disorder followed. Then depression.
I withdrew. I was irritable, exhausted, drinking more, and losing myself.

A year in, I knew this wasn’t how I was meant to live.

I went searching for purpose, for an identity. Because “soldier” was no longer available.
I tried fishing, mechanical work, trading, building.
They helped… but they only satisfied for a short time.

Then I found art.

That first painting was random, but it gave me something I hadn’t felt in a long time: purpose, challenge, and direction.
Three years on, it’s been life-changing.

Through art, I’ve been able to reflect on emotions I could never access through talk therapy.
It gave me a language when words didn’t.

Identity doesn’t have to be one thing.
It can change. It can grow. It can be rebuilt.

Art didn’t replace who I was, it helped me understand who I’m becoming.

The journey has had its ups and downs and its important to me that I have had so many people to help me along the way and even now.

Support is there for you.

17/12/2025

Between Who I Was and Who I Will Be
Watercolour and charcoal on paper

Between Who I Was and Who I Will Be
This artwork captures one of the most difficult, yet transformative experiences faced by many veterans: the moment of separation from military service. It portrays the fragile space between past identity and an uncertain future.
In the foreground sits a solitary figure, hunched and grounded, weighed down by the gravity of change. The figure’s posture speaks of grief, confusion, and the quiet contemplation. For years, military service may have defined who they were, a uniform, a role, a community, a purpose. When that is suddenly gone, the question becomes: who am I now? The figure embodies that moment of searching, caught in the in-between.
Above and around the figure, the sky tells its own story. The upper half is marked with darker, brooding tones, representing the shadows of loss and the lingering storm of disconnection. This darkness mirrors the internal struggle, the silence of no longer belonging to the world that once provided direction and identity. Yet as the eye moves downward, the palette shifts. Golden light fills the horizon, blending warmth into the composition. This yellow glow suggests possibility, hope, and renewal. It reminds us that even within despair, the horizon always carries the promise of a new dawn.
The emptiness of the landscape is deliberate. It reflects the vast openness veterans face after service, at first overwhelming, even isolating. But within that openness lies freedom: the chance to rebuild, to rediscover purpose, to step toward something not yet formed but waiting.
Between Who I Was and Who I Will Be is not just about struggle, it is about transition. It acknowledges the depression and loss that come with separation from identity, while also holding space for what is yet to come. The figure does not remain in shadow; they are set against a rising sky, one that gently suggests that the journey forward may be unknown, but it is not without light.
This piece invites viewers to sit with both sides of that journey: to recognise the pain of endings and to honour the courage it takes to walk toward new beginnings.

13/12/2025

10/12/2025

'Remarkable men' 2GB Sydney
Thankyou to Mark Levy and 2GB creating conversation supporting mental health.
In this interview Danny Jeffery one of the veterans who I drew inspiration from for one of my artworks 'Golden scars' talks about his experience and his journey with mental health. Dannys words are inspiring and I hope to get this interview passed around as much as possible to increase the chance of helping a person in need.
I was honoured to shake Mark and his teams hand and show them through my exhibition Beyond Service' Veterans new journeys. Mark was very interested and genuine in his response.

You are a good man Mark. Keep doing what you do.