Art was all around me from the time I was born, being the youngest of 5, with 3 of my siblings expressing themselves through visual arts. As a young mother in the 1970's I had the opportunity to attend an Art College in Holland where my appetite for creative expression was heightened by the teachers there. Ceramic sculpture, life drawing and painting were my chosen subjects.
Relocating back to Australia, I saw my country through different eyes - the vast sky, the rugged coastline, the uniqueness of the Australian bush.
For the past 25 years I have focused on the way I see, and feel, about my country, (with occasional forays into portraiture and ceramic sculpture) from the uniqueness of the vegetation of the Hawkesbury Sandstone soils around the NSW Central Coast to the luxuriant rainforests on the far north coast. I find myself deeply moved and inspired by the strength and beauty of nature.
While most of my 2 dimensional work is done in oils, I have recently begun a series in charcoal and am preparing for an exhibition at the Grafton Regional Gallery "French Door Gallery" in January 2022.
2006 Finalist Gosford Art Prize "Fan Palm" (linoprint)
2007 Finalist Gosford Art Prize "Bohemian Velvet" (acrylic on canvas)
2008 Finalist Gosford Art Prize "The Dance" oil on canvas
2008 Waverley Art Prize "Confluence" (oil on canvas)
2009 Finalist Gosford Art Prize "Resurrection" (Oil on canvas)
2009 Finalist Mosman Art Prize "Into the Heath" (oil on canvas)
2010 Finalist Gosford Art Prize "Beach Track I" (oil on canvas)
2010 Solo exhibition, "Conversations with the Wind", Foyer Gallery, Gosford Regional Gallery
2011 Finalist Gosford Art Prize "Beside the Walking Track" (oil on canvas)
2011 Solo exhibition, Danielle Morrison Gallery, Wyong NSW
2012 Combined exhibition, David Mackay Harrison Gallery, Ballina NSW
2015 Finalist Caldera Art Prize, Murwillumbah, NSW "Big Scrub on Heat" (oil on canvas)
2016 Finalist Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery NSW "Mary-Anne Makes Great Hamburgers" (oil pastels on Canson paper)
2016 3rd Prize, Ocean Shores Art Expo NSW "Mullumbimby Friendly CafΓ©" (oil on canvas)
2018 Exhibition Mullumbimby Public Library (June-September)
2018 Ocean Shores Art Expo - Highly Commended "Creek" (oil on canvas)
2019 Ocean Shores Art Expo - 2nd Prize Drawing and Printmaking "The Long Shed" charcoal on paper
2020 Commission ceiling painting Wentworth Falls NSW
