About Me
Living and working in Dubbo, Western NSW, my world is full of inspiration which is pushing my art making to the next level. I have loved creating art for as long as I can remember. As a child growing up in regional Australia, I recall always having this inner urge to make or create something. My deepest desire was always to become an artist.
Upon leaving school, despite my creative yearnings, I was encouraged to take a more practical path, attending business college. Always jumping at opportunities to take any available art classes or workshops, I attended TAFE for a number of years, studying Visual Arts.
Art took a back seat for some years while I raised my children and worked in the family business with my husband. In 2020 in a crazy changing world, finding more time on my hands than usual, I revived my passion for painting and started studying with the Milan Art Institute. Having graduated from the Mastery Program, I am now working as a professional artist!
With an innate love of experimenting and creating, I am predominantly a mixed media artist and play with many different materials, including inks, spray paint, makers, crayons, collage, acrylic and finishing off with a refining layer of oils.
My style can be best described as abstract realism. I create with lots of colour, working with many layers. My subjects, whether they are birds, animals or portraits are bold and begin with a lot of initial loose energy, coming together at the end with the gorgeous oil paints, giving depth and more details. I love finding the personality in my subjects and bringing them to life in amongst the abstract marks and colours.
The vibrant artworks I create will bring your space a joyful and free vibe and I know you will love the positivity they exude.
I work now in my home based studio creating artworks that are true to me. Art is my happy place.
Previous Exhibitions:
2006, Visible, Western Institute of TAFE - Fine Arts, Dubbo, Australia
2007, Expose, Western Institute of TAFE - Fine Arts, Dubbo, Australia
2008, Bowerhouse, Western Institute of TAFE - Fine Arts, Dubbo, Australia
2009, Fresh Arts, Dubbo, Australia
2024, Milan Art Retreat Exhibition, Aria Di Rodi, Rhodes, Greece
2024, DAF, Western Plain Cultural Centre, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo, Australia
2024, Lara Scolari Gallery, Sydney, Australia