Art should be inspiring, uplifting and motivating. It should feed your mind as well as your soul. I'm a Melbourne artist making art about people, identity and relationships. I draw on my experience as a woman and a mother, and resultantly most of my work is about family, motherhood, and gender roles. I am a passionate advocate of women’s issues and gender equality.
I have an interest in patterns and lines and include them in nearly all my work. My attraction to patterns comes from my love of order (I'm also an accountant), but I mostly like the flat, decorative element it adds. Sometimes the material inspires the subject, but more often than not, I seek out a particular look, colour or pattern to go with the concept I have in mind. Including patterns is a way of adding another dimension to the work.
In 2012 I held my first solo show and have been averaging one every two years. Prizes for which I have been shortlisted include the 2019 Footscray Art Prize, the 2018 Contemporary Art Prize, the 2016 Hornsby Prize, the 2016 She competition, Lethbridge 10000 Small-Scale Art Prize, the 2013 Agendo Award and the 2011 Metro Award. In 2013 I won the Yen magazine Female Artist award and won 2 prizes at the Albert Park Collage Art Show. My artwork is in private collections worldwide and is part of the Albert Park Collage public collection and the Image Mundi project.