I have enjoyed many trips to London, and love bathing in its wonderful history, culture, museums and galleries. The Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, is one of my favourite destinations, with an absolute panorama of over 1,000 works of art to stimulate my artistic appetite. Other London favourite “must […]
Having learned about the healing power of colour, whilst studying Colour Therapy, it has always been vital in the choice of colours I select for my palette. Colour affects our lives and can promote wellbeing by surrounding ourselves in colour. It fills our bodies and interacts with our own energies. […]
Following the success of my “Just Women” exhibition, I spent the following years experimenting and refining a broad range of different painting techniques and materials, and developing my own process, compatible with the drying qualities of acrylic paint. I always started with a background of “chaos” without a destination in […]
My first solo exhibition ” Just Women”, was held in 2004, and represented a return to painting– my passion, put on hold whilst raising my five children. This exhibition, was a true celebration of women’s emotions and the resilience of the female spirit. Many of the themes explored are particular […]
Western Australia is famous for its wealth of native flora. One of my favourite pastimes as a child was wandering the bush near my family home. Extensive travel in the South West of W.A in school holidays with my family, would also give me the same opportunity that I loved. […]
My love of the country had developed as a child, searching for wildflowers and visiting my parents farm. So whilst my children were young, I was fortunate to purchase a small “hobby” farm, at Toodyay, approximately 90 km from Perth. The farmhouse was a hundred year old mud brick cottage, […]
For many years I worked as a “Decorative Artist”, and made a name for myself painting murals, trompe l’oeil, faux marbling and “painted furniture”. People have always decorated their furniture, often with very naive designs, and folk art motives as a way of expressing themselves and adding a personal touch […]
I’ve always been surrounded by flowers. Our family garden was always overflowing with a profusion of colour and every kind of plant. Hydrangeas, gardenias, agapanthus, roses, lavenders, azaleas and geraniums, as well as numerous perennials. Every season new seedlings would be planted. Poppies, zinnias, petunias, primulas, pansies and sweet peas. […]
Art therapy was initially used almost exclusively with psychologically handicapped people, but has now expanded to every section of society. It involves the use of different art media through which clients can express and work through issues,problems and concerns that have brought them to therapy. For many clients it is […]