I am based in Hervey Bay, Queensland Australia and mostly self-taught. I am a contemporary realist painter influenced by impressionist colour theory, drawing my inspiration from nature, the human form and my love of travel and photography. I mostly work with soft pastel mainly because of the tactile nature of the medium and the amazing colour. I like the direct intervention between my fingers and my working surface. My goal is to capture the essence of the subject, rather than producing too much detail, just a feeling of the subject. My intuitive use of colour is what most excites me when I create a new painting. I love colour, I feel colour and I see colour from a different perspective. Being an artist and having this gift allows me to bring my imagination to my surface and paint it as I see it.