I have always loved the written word, reading was always my escape into other worlds where I could travel and make believe.
Music has also made me the person I am, my fathers eclectic record collection of Russian and German comedy operas, to Cuban and country.
If I could pin down the music that draws me in I would say it would have to have an earthy and raw quality.

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.