I’ve enjoyed exploring and creating art for a long time - a career in graphic design, a course in printmaking, dabbling in sculpture and ceramics - and I feel that all have greatly influenced my painting process.
I work mainly with acrylic on canvas or board before introducing line work with charcoal and mark making tools. My earlier works centred more on my graphic design background and the idea of repetition in life and nature. In more recent paintings I find myself gravitating towards arial views of abstract landscapes and an earth tone palette which I feel originates from my country upbringing and the rainforest & bush setting near the southern New South Wales coast, where I now live.
I rarely plan a painting, sometimes beginning with a loose intention and letting the subject and outcome be dictated by the feeling as the work progresses.
CV
b. 1959, South Australia
Lives and works in Austinmer, NSW
Education
Billy Blue Graphic Design , Sydney
Sydney Gallery School, Meadowbank - Printmaking 2001 - 2004
Art2Life Creative Visionary Programme 2021
Exhibitions
Delmar Gallery, Sydney Gallery School (3rd year printmakers 2003)
Hardware Gallery, Sydney Gallery School (3rd year printmakers 2004)
1 + 2 Studio, Rozelle, Sydney 2004
Gosford Regional Gallery, Open Bite (joint exhibition 2006)
Australian Catholic University Regional Gallery, Strathfield (joint printmakers 2006)
Unmasking the potential, (charity exhibition 2007)
Foodwatershelterart, Sydney College of the Arts (charity exhibition 2008)
Ubuntu Art, Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle (charity exhibition 2010)
Woodpapersilk, Sydney - Gallery & Craft Shop (2007 -2019)
Art2Life International online exhibition 2021 - Finalist
Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize 2022
Finalist (Emerging Artist)
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Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize 2024 (Finalist - Emerging Artist)