I’ve always been creative. As a child I was constantly making things. And then when I went to secondary school the subject I did well at was art. The University of Otago ran a summer holiday art school in the town where my parents lived and I was able to attend for a couple of years; focusing on screen printing. I was fascinated at being amongst such a diverse group of people and being able to watch artists such as Don Binney and Els Nordhoff at work. But taking art beyond school wasn’t really an option. Art school was miles away and wasn’t really considered to be a tangible ‘study option’. Unfortunately reality kicked in and I parked my creativity and went down another avenue.

In more recent years I have come back to painting and drawing. I spent a year studying part-time at The Learning Connextion and have carried on from there. I have an attic at home where I can hide and paint. At the moment I’m working in water colour – which is wild and free and totally annoying at times. I am more of a conceptual artist and am fascinated with colour and pattern. Much of the inspiration for what I do comes from the natural world and what’s immediately around me. I do print making and collage, and I also make cards - each one a handcrafted original. I take such pleasure from my work when something works out; even better when someone else likes it too.

With several successful exhibitions completed, my confidence as an artist is growing and I am ready to share my work with a much wider audience, hence the website. I hope you appreciate and enjoy my work.