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. 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.

There was a time of bright canvases layering paint and words, but this was not fulfilling.  I needed to come back to the simplicity of the ink, pen and brush. Letters are my core.