Noel is a multi-award winning sculptor specialising in wood carving, engraving and wood burning patterns.
Noel creates art from logs and tree stumps and also produces boomerangs and spears by utilising the natural features that exist in nature.
Noel is a known and respected cultural qualified teacher, mentor and trainer with over 30 years’ experience.
Accomplishments and Awards
March 2016
Invitation to return to India to be involved with the Monolith Festival for the meeting of Chiefdoms as a Cultural Educator
November 2015
Represented Indigenous Australia at the Terra Madre World Indigenous Conference in Shillong, India as a guest speaker
2015
Artist of the Dhurga Rock, Braidwood, New South Wales
2nd Prize in the Bluscope Steel, Illawarra South Coast Art Award
Artist of the Year, Milpra Aboriginal Artist
2013
National Nominee for Australian of the Year
2011
Artist in Residence, United Kingdom
2009
Tour UK, Visual and Performing Arts & Cultural Ceremony, Poland
2002
Australian of the Year, Region