About

For as long as I can remember, art has been part of my life. Painting and exploring colour and textures feels to me like the most intuitive way to interpret and express my experience of the world. In my senior year my work was selected for Victoria’s Top Arts exhibition, an early encouragement that this instinct to make things and respond visually to life was worth pursuing.

I later studied English Literature at uni, where I found myself drawn to many of the same ideas: imagery, atmosphere, rhythm, and the way small details can hold emotion. Writing and painting have always felt connected to me... two different ways of observing, interpreting and telling stories.

Life, of course, became wonderfully full. I’m a mother of five, and my creative practice has grown alongside family life, supported by my brilliantly steady husband. The studio is rarely quiet, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. That sense of energy, movement and lived experience naturally finds its way into the work.

My paintings are inspired by the Australian landscape and the feeling of being immersed in it... expansive skies, long shadows, sunlit paddocks, textural trees and botanical forms. Rather than working from a fixed image, I paint intuitively, allowing layers of colour, texture and mark-making to build over time. Unexpected colour relationships and shifting surfaces create a sense of depth, movement and discovery.

Joy and colour sit at the centre of what I do. I’m drawn to combinations that feel vibrant, warm and alive... pinks against earthy greens, soft blues beside sun-baked ochres... palettes that echo both the land itself and the emotional resonance of being in it.

Each work is an invitation to pause, to feel uplifted, and to live with colour in a way that feels generous rather than overwhelming. My hope is that these paintings bring light, personality and a sense of joy into the spaces they inhabit, creating small moments of happiness in everyday life.