Cecily’s artistic potential was recognized at an early age through the winning of an art prize with her very first painting. Her parents encouraged her by sending her to an art tutor and later she was honoured to receive some training at East Sydney Technical College from the Arts Council in Casino, her childhood home. She studied Level 1 Art and won an Art Scholarship.
Her artistic career began in clothing design. Having parents in the clothing business, she opened a small clothing design factory at 18 and was successful in selling her designs to outlets between Brisbane and Sydney and some in substantial quantities to large wholesalers. Contingent with this she completed a BA in Behavioural Science. Subsequently her entrepreneurial skills led her to work in senior marketing positions for Kellogg’s and Masterfoods in Sydney.
In the 1980’s she moved from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast and opened her own clothing design shops under her label Cecily’s.
In 2004 she returned to art, experimenting with styles and organic forms and particularly leaning towards florals. Since that time, she has honed her artistic expertise in this field working diligently at her practice and developing her own unique methods for creating her floral works.
Flowers offer a vehicle which enable her to express deeper realizations of the human spirit. The intricate beauty and subtle nuances of colour and light and the harmony of line and form they embody are integral to her work.
Cecily works from living flowers and sunlight and aims to breathe life into the work. Also present is a passion for good design as the basic structure an which the work is built. It is meaningful that these organic natural forms have been shown to quieten, uplift and enhance the human condition.
Cecily holds a number of exhibitions every year and has received acclaim and recognition for her floral works