I have always loved the written word, reading was always my escape into other worlds where I could travel and make friends, something I don't do well in the real world

The natural world that I choose to paint are places that I have lived in and observed up close. From encounters with wallabies and hares, native wildflowers and trees to the ordinary everyday events of domestic chores, gardening and bird watching.

My inside world, of reoccurring themes ... childhood and memory stories, passed down from family.