My art is always evolving,
using parts of the past with ideas from the present.

I have come full circle, back to the simplicity of ink, pen and brush, where you can see the full story in the art of the raw writing.

 I am now working with unframed paper, minimal colours but full of emotion.

My art is always evolving, using parts of the past with ideas from the present. 

Growing up in country Victoria from Warrnambool to Wangaratta to Warragul, I acquired an appreciation for the colours and textures of the beautiful Australian landscape. 

With a working background as a draftswoman and later landscape design,    I was drawn to the beautiful letterforms and designs of the past. Joining the Calligraphy Society of Victoria over 20 years ago I learnt the disciplines of this art. Then followed teaching, commissions and workshops with Australian and overseas tutors. A trip overseas followed by a move to Gippsland brought many changes to my style.

This has all resulted in a very free form and explosion of letter forms moving to gestural, layering and expressing mark making where legibility has on occasion been sacrificed.

Then followed a time when I used paint predominantly. Layering the words and colours, creating bright, dense, full canvases was both expanding and different to my normal practice. But I was losing myself.  I needed to come back to the simplicity of the ink, pen and brush. Letters are my core