My singing heart

This beautiful expressive abstract painting evokes warm feelings through use of colour and bold brush movements. It makes my heart sing! This work build on much exploration I am currently doing toward creating a series of abstract works inspired by land and sea. It has been built up in many layers with a depth created through using different tools to apply the paint, as well as scratching and scraping it back to reveal interesting surfaces. It is painted in the same style as "warm feelings" and "bursting with love".

Acrylic paint and drawing media on board, professionally framed in oak frame.

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I am an emerging artist, but proud to now be high on the list of Bluethumb's rising stars. Please enjoy browsing my large range of artworks - I have been 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 sometimes delve into still life, abstract portraits and florals.

While I have no formal art education , I have expanded 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.