A three time Bluethumb Art Prize finalist, I have devoted most of my time to painting since my retirement. After losing confidence at art teacher training college, I didn't paint for 40 years. I left secondary school teaching to pursue my interest in writing and literature, gained a PhD in English and ended up teaching Media and Communications at university. Early in my retirement, my watercolour tutor renewed my confidence and I rediscovered my love of painting. I returned to acrylics and began exhibiting my work in 2009.
After winning a number of awards in Gippsland and Melbourne exhibitions, I began entering national award exhibitions and have been selected as a finalist in some of these, including the Portia Geach Memorial Award (2026, 2017) and the ANL Maritime Award (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021). I have held two successful solo exhibitions in Melbourne in 2024 and 2025 and have exhibited at the Melbourne Affordable Art Fair 2023-2025. My work is held in collections in Australia, Singapore and New Zealand. I am represented by Sol Gallery, Fitzroy.