I have been a practicing artist since my teenage years, from being privately tutored by a professional artist in oil painting where the beginnings were still life studies in montones before moving into using colour for portraits and landscapes. Along with these classes I studied commercial art part-time.
Later in my twenties with the emergence of porcelain art I attended classes and workshops for many years learning different composition styles and formats. Later on I opened my own retail shop and studio, where I taught many different porcelain techniques and sculpting in clay for reproduction.
Moving to rural Queensland with the various components needed for sculpting no longer easily accessible I made the decision to return to my first passion for which I attended various workshops and later the opportunity to study at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba for abstract watercolour techniques. Since then I have added inks and ink block techniques to my watercolour palette, those which define the strong and vibrant colours of Australia. I love using the American Watercolour Fine Canvas as well as painting on quality watercolour paper.
I have exhibited and participated in various exhibitions and competitions over the years both in major cities as well as rural areas and within the region that I now live. I have been fortunate to have received Awards of High Extinction including 1st Place Awards.
2024 1ST Place Award "Shadows At Maheno", Seascape/Landscape Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Exhibition.