My art journey began during childhood under the guidance of my mother, also an artist. A career of classroom teaching and art education paved the way for a new direction in 2000. I have since been working full time on developing, exhibiting and marketing my style of work. At present, my art practice embraces spontaneity, boldness,subtlety, change, growth. I emphasize colour as my main ingredient in any composition, using it to evoke an emotional response. I realise and appreciate that over the years, my work is becoming more abstracted from reality and am happily allowing the process to continue to evolve. I paint in a loose impressionistic style which depicts real- life situations and scenes, displaying versatility in the use of a variety of mediums and technique or style such as oil, acrylic, gouache and pastel.