Art should be inspiring, uplifting and motivating. It should feed your mind as well as your soul. I'm a Melbourne artist making art about people, identity and relationships. I draw on my experience as a woman and a mother, and resultantly most of my work is about family, motherhood, and gender roles. I am a passionate advocate of womenโs issues and gender equality.
I have an interest in pattern and line , and include it in nearly all my work. My attraction to patterns comes from my love of order (I'm also an accountant), but mostly I just like the flat, decorative element it adds. Sometimes the material inspires the subject, but more often than not, I seek out a particular look, colour or pattern to go with the concept I have in mind. The inclusion of patterns is a way of adding another dimension to the work.
In 2012 I held my first solo show and have been averaging one every two years. Prizes for which I have been shortlisted include the 2019 Footscray Art Prize, 2018 Contemporary Art Prize, 2016 Hornsby prize, 2016 She competition, Lethbridge 10000 Small-Scale Art Prize, the 2013 Agendo Award and the 2011 Metro Award. In 2013 I won the Yen magazine female artist award and won 2 prizes at the Albert Park Collage Art Show. My artwork is held in private collections worldwide and is also part of the Albert Park Collage public collection and the Image Mundi project.