BIO
Residing in a retirement village in Western Australia where one grew up and started drawing birds for fellow school students at 6 years of age {60+yrs ago) while hospital bed bound for some 6 years.
Some years later while moving forward in the Bachelor of Nursing at university, part of the course was made up of art-based units. The lecturer uncovered a God-given talent for a distinctive abstract impressionistic style using mediums of acrylic and oil paints, acrylic paint pens, permanent markers, gauche paints, and water colours.
A passion for depicting all creatures of humanity, great and small from earth-bound, the air and sea in the style of imagination fed by art therapy while many times an inpatient of mental health institutions – with nature in all its glory and vivid colours shining through.
After entering art competitions in recent years, the following have shown success including: the Brisbane Rotary Art Competition in Brisbane 2023 where a person of well-known family presence in Australian outback fashion purchased one piece, taking part in the Rockingham Art Exhibition and selling two pieces, and gaining an award of Honourable Mention in the City of Life Competition April 2023 by TEN MOIR (USA). A commission of Blue Wrens On Wood has now been completed and awaiting transport to Queensland.
In closing, mental health and its foibles will not win by stopping imagination – only feed it!!!!
INCIDENTAL NOTES - ongoing updates
* Beauty and beautiful are such under rated words. Colours and shapes in abundance. My creations bring colour and intricacies into my life and soul and, hopefully, into those who see them. The wonders of textures, shapes, sizes, colours, purposes, genders (nonspecific of course) are part of every creature on this complex and ever-changing world. My world. My art comes in all shapes, sizes, colours and inspirations - SO expressive of my mind and me at the time.
*When scanning through my pieces you will find the evolving use of primary colours with bold outline - boldness and definition - my stage.
* I wanted to update my profile today - I have been given a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease - type of dementia and mixed with Vascular Dementia - but not perturbed by this - it is what it is eh. Our time is up when God chooses. I am not going to sit by and mope and waste my time and brain cells (marbles hehe) - I am getting on with things. Being an ex nurse of some decades has taught me the preciousness of life - hang on to it until you are called then let go. Love with all your heart. I am throwing all of these emotions in to my art - my self expression. My moods and feelings up and down. I love my sisters and brother - even though disease is slowly taking us all - one gone already. I am going to do things at and when it comes to me - no list per se - going to wing it. I have spent too many years doing what is expected of me - its time for me to do what I want. That's it for now. Keep safe all. Well..... I have just found out that Ive been awarded an honorable mention in the City Life Art Competition. My piece titled “Life In The Night” ""displayed artistic skill, and creativity and we are honored to showcase it. Your artwork will be featured alongside other talented artists from around the world in our Concrete Canvas Virtual Art Exhibition."" WOW eh.