I come from a family where the arts in the form of painting, music, dance , theatre and landscape gardening are strong influences. Over the years my own art has ranged through oil portraiture, relief sculpture, cartooning, caricatures and murals. In recent years I have developed a technique of painting on old recycled roofing iron. My paintings focus on native flora, fauna, insects and marine life with occasional whimsical splurge. My interest in ancient history led me to create paintings of horse sculptures from the era of the Qin and Han Dynasties of ancient China. This year I'm enjoying painting images of cats, dogs and butterflies on exotic flowers.