Journey to the centre of Australia

Acrylic painting with collage on stretched canvas and framed in dark stained hardwood frame.

This lovely bright abstract landscape was painted in many layers, adding paint, removing paint, adding collage, adding drawing, adding more paint, until the resolved painting emerged. It depicts an outback landscape, abstracted, wiith lots of light in the land as well as bright marks and patterns. I draw upon memories of hiking trips and painting trips to the Australian outback in painting these landscapes, even though they do not represent any one particular location.

Pleaes note that a discrete signature has been added to the front of the painting (see signature image) since other main photos were taken.

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Note I will be away on holidays for a month from 14 September and unable to ship larger works in days leading up to this so please order early to avoid a long delay.

I have been making art for a few years now, and I'm now doing it full-time. I'm loving the artist journey, and am proud to be high on the list of Bluethumb's rising stars. I have a large array of artwork available. I paint a lot, and enjoy exploring watercolour, oil and cold wax medium, acrylic paintings and mixed media as well as printmaking. Some of my work is on paper, others canvas or board. Perhaps you'd like to click on "follow" and hear about new work as it is listed.

I sold more than 100 paintings with Bluethumb in 2025 and was included in Bluethumb's 2024 "Top emerging women artists" curation and "Notable seascape artists of 2024" curation, as well as other curations in 2025 . I take inspiration from the coastal landscape around Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, as well as more diverse landscape from travels across Australia and beyond. I love to paint expressively and sometimes abstractly to capture the feeling, colour and detail of locations. I also delve into still life, abstract portraits, urban landscapes and florals.

I am constantly adding to my art education through many classes, online and in person, and through intensive art experiences , with guidance and mentoring from many fabulous artists.

In February 2025 I retired from a long professional career working in research in the area of family studies.