My inspirations continue to evolve however I do have a few core influences that will always have an effect on me.
Born 1972 in Melbourne
Living and Working on the Mornington Peninsula
Education Details:
Bachelor of Special Education – Monash University 1993
Bachelor of Teaching – Deakin University 1990
VCE – St. Leonards College 1989
Career Details:
Artist – self- employed – exhibiting in Galleries throughout Australia from 2000 – Present
Teacher @ Brighton Grammar 1996 – 2000
Special Education Teacher @ Junior School – Woodleigh 1994 – 1995
Prior to painting I was teaching children, a career that allowed me to be creative and imaginative whilst teaching the children in my care. After having my own children, my love affair with painting began. Studying art whilst raising my children, I found artists teaching short courses to learn from. My whimsical style developed over the next few years and I haven’t looked back.
My inspirations continue to evolve however I do have a few core influences that will always have an effect on me. My children, my passion for colour, fabrics and ever changing fashion and design are a common thread through the span of my painting career, this keeps evolving and building. I am constantly searching for new forms of mixed media to put on to canvas and exploring new ideas and topics.
As part of my continually developing style I have created new works involving moulded resin discs set on a framed metal background. These pieces are unique, colourful and structurally diverse creating individual original pieces of sculptured art. It’s like a big science experiment for me watching the new reactions that happen using the inks in the resin.
I have been painting now for many years, have entered and been successful in a number of exhibitions and am represented by a few high profile galleries.
I have been published in Coast magazine, Home Beautiful, Melbourne Weekly and local papers.
Recent Exhibitions:
• 2015 Dreaming of Love – Manyung Gallery, Malvern
• 2014 November – Mossgreen Gallery ‘The Art Cabriolet’
• 2014 Dual exhibition @ Gadfly Gallery – W.A
• 2014 Resin exhibition @ Gadfly Gallery – W.A
• 2014 Cam Art
• 2014 Canterbury Art Show
• 2014 Brunswick Arts Festival
• 2013 Australian Art Show. Melbourne
• 2013 Manyung Gallery Group Show
• 2013 CAMart
• 2013 Canterbury Art Show
• 2013 Camberwell Rotary Art Show
• 2013 Suburban312 Gallery
• 2013 Art2Muse Gallery – Sydney
• 2013 Valentines Exhibition – Glenferrie @ Manyung
• 2012 Christmas Exhibition – Manyung Gallery
• 2012 Art to Wear Exhibition -Manyung Gallery
• 2012 Solo exhibition Fusion Fine Arts – Mandurrah W.A
• 2012 Solo Exhibition Suburban 312 Gallery – Brighton
• 2012 Art Melbourne – Manyung Gallery
• 2012 Canterbury Art Show
• 2012 Manyung Gallery – Beloved Exhibition
• 2011 Manyung Gallery – Group Exhibition
• 2011 Donation to Royal Children’s Hospital
• 2011, 2012 Balmain Art & Craft Show
• 2011 Feature Artist – Mt.Eliza North P.S
• 2011 Solo Exhibition AP Bond Gallery – Chapel Hill Winery, Adelaide
• 2011 Manyung Gallery – Wearable Arts exhibition
• 2011 Solo Exhibition Suburban 312 Gallery – Brighton
• 2011 Art Red Hill
• 2011 Solo exhibition Gallery 307, Northbridge Sydney
• 2011 Canterbury Art Show
• 2011 Exhibition Suburban 312
• 2011 Manyung Mornington Peninsula Artists at Manyung
• 2010 South Yarra Art House
• 2010 Art Sydney
• 2010 Manyung Gallery Group show
• 2010 Suburban 312 Gallery Solo exhibition
• 2010 Art Melbourne with Suburban 312
• 2010 March & October Gallery 307, Northbridge Sydney – Feature Artist