I was born in Melbourne and moved to Yuulong in the depths of the Otways at the age of three. It was during these early years that my love of the ocean and the bush was conceived. This love has stayed with me all my life.
When time came to choose a career, nursing won out over studying art. The reality of life back in the sixties did not lend itself to such frivolous pursuits!
I have worked as a midwife for many years and after rearing a family of four sons, I finally was able to realize my desire to paint.
At the age of forty I took up the brush, and with the influence of many outstanding artists along the coast, my enthusiasm to achieve continued to grow.
If I complete a painting that people enjoy, I wonder to myself “where on earth did that come from”?
My first exhibition of work, a series of the pregnant figure, was presented for Midwives Day in the post natal ward at GeelongHospital.
The following year I was commissioned to paint for the Birthing Unit. This body of work represented the process of birth, using water and the ocean to depict a meditative journey.
In 2009 I exhibited at the Lorne Country Club, once again using my love of the ocean as the predominant theme.
Moving from Anglesea to Winchelsea, I was fearful that my art interests would be unfulfilled. I was pleasantly surprised to find a wonderful group of women with whom to paint and an amazing patron, namely Sandra Jones, at “Riverlee Arts”.
Opening the “Riverlee Art Studio” in the main street of Winchelsea, has given our group of seven the opportunity to display our work to the public and to foster the interest of art in our small country town.