Where it all began!

From an early age I have been drawing, painting and creating.

I grew up on a small dairy farm south of Gympie. We visited the coast regularly, as Noosa was a short distance away. This combination of country and beach up-bringing inspired a love of nature which is evident in many of my paintings.

While these experiences enriched my childhood, there was never money available for artistic endeavours or materials. Hence I never had a formal art education. However, over many years of travelling with my husband in his transferable job and in between working and raising my children, I have taken classes and workshops at every opportunity, thus increasing my artistic knowledge and skills.

Early on I worked mainly in oils and acrylics. It wasn't until the early 1990's that I discovered watercolours; in particular the wet in wet technique. I immediately fell in love with the medium, its challenges and unpredictable qualities.

By the late 1990's we had settled in Brisbane where I was able to broaden my knowledge by attending regular classes and workshops and was able to devote more time to developing my watercolour skills. Since then I have won several awards and in 2006 started teaching watercolours at Royal Queensland Art Society and later that year held my first solo art exhibition. My paintings are held in private collections in Australia and overseas.

Since 2007 I have been invited to take part in the Hamilton Island Art Galleries artist in residence program. This culminates in an exhibition as well as conducting daily classes.

At the end of 2007 we moved to our farming property east of Gympie and divide our time between the coast and country, this provides me with continual artist stimulation.

These days I conduct regular workshops and continue to experiment and extend the boundaries of watercolours.