Colour and design make me happy!
I love using both to create paintings you can get lost in.
My latest work seeks to explore the fragile beauty of our oceans and the critters that make them their home.
Living in Margaret River, inspiration is in abundance from our beautiful coastline to the forest hugging the river near my home studio.
Trips to Coral Bay, Christmas Island, and the South Island of New Zealand have also shaped the visual language of my paintings with submerged worlds and seabirds in motion providing endless subject matter.
Rather than documenting specific locations, I aim to capture impressions—fragments of memory, colour, and movement that linger long after the experience itself.
My work moves between abstraction, graphic elements, and nuanced impressions. Working primarily with acrylics, watercolour, aerosol, and markers, I explore the tension between precision and spontaneity—between what is seen and what is remembered. My process is intuitive and layered: paint is applied, erased, rubbed back, and reworked repeatedly. Earlier marks are never fully lost; they remain embedded beneath the surface, re emerging as subtle traces that give each work a sense of depth and history.
Colour and texture play a central role in my practice. Bold, vibrant hues sit alongside softer, weathered tones, creating a dialogue between energy and stillness. Through these layered surfaces, I seek to evoke a sense of wonder while inviting viewers to slow down and engage with the work – the more you look the more you discover in the painting.
In 2025, I was awarded the People’s Choice Award at the Visual Stories Exhibition, presented as part of the Arts Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival. More recently, my solo exhibition, titled Future Islands, at Margaret River HEART was a rewarding milestone in my creative life.