You know when you do something you love and forget about time and space, absorbed by the very essence of that moment … when I paint this is where I am. For me, this experience came after a long career as a health professional and academic. When (encouraged by reading the children’s book ‘The Dot’ that revealed everyone had a creative spirit) I first picked up a paint brush, it was not without fear and a trembling hand. After many hours exploring the relationship of brush, paint, surface and colour I discovered the joy of painting and determined to follow this passion … this became a new life for me.

  My art is predicated upon three basic tenets: expressing the inner significance of my world, the nature of materials and the iconic character of painting. I enjoy experimentation with painting, in particular the materiality of paint and relationship between paint and surface; shape and colour.

  I work with a variety of materials including acrylic and oil, mediums and gels, wax and pumice on a variety of surfaces such as canvas, linen, board and paper. I build surfaces through a dialogue of adding layers of paint and other materials sometimes reducing by scraping and sanding; an intuitive, iterative process that creates imagery and forms which are developed and nurtured as the process evolves.

In seeking authenticity in my work, I draw from my love of simple form, colour and tactile sensibility. I choose abstraction to provide me with a language which is at once personal and universal: it enables me to communicate to the world the inner significance of places, objects, textures, surfaces and substances I encounter.

  Focused on texture, abstraction and colour-(field), my works re-interpret my environment and create a journey across the painted surface. I find inspiration in the natural and constructed environment encountered in my everyday life. Deciding when I have finished the work is crucial in the process. However, I do not consider it complete until it is experienced by the viewer. Seeing, finding and revealing are important for artist and viewer and create a shared meditative world. My goal is to create art that will engage and evoke emotions, I want viewers to linger, explore and enjoy, to bring their own story and enrich their lives.