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About me  

I am a visual artist living on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, celebrating the beauty of nature, especially flowers, in my ceramics, paintings and drawings.

 

Most days, you will find me in the pottery studio, throwing on the wheel, usually with porcelain clay, then decorating my pots with underglazes and slips, using a multitude of paint brushes and engraving tools. I enjoy the many processes involved, from creating the pots, imagining the designs, and then applying them, slowly and carefully, to my pots. My work is distinctive for its intricate details and strong use of colour.

 

My designs are often inspired by plant life, with flowers, leaves and wild grasses featuring strongly as well as the small birds and insects that live amongst them.

 

Concurrent with my ceramic work, I draw and paint with ink, watercolour and acrylic paints. Occasionally I add some texture with yarn and fabric, no doubt influenced by my former career in the fashion industry. 

 

In 2012, following the death of my dearly loved younger sister, Martha, and the closure of my fashion boutiques, I enrolled in a colour & design course. The moment my brush dipped in paint, I was enthralled and my long dormant love for painting ignited. I’ve not stopped painting, drawing and making since.

 

After years of practice, I feel I have found my artistic groove.  I was delighted to become a finalist in Siliceous Ceramics Awards in 2021 and the North Qld Ceramics Award in 2022. I look forward to being in the studio each day, and further refining my craft.

 

Thank you for taking an interest in my work.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Quixotica Art Space                                        Cooroy, Sunshine Coast                          2019/20/21/22/23
North Qld Ceramics Award - Finalist          Townsville                                                                     2022
Siliceous – Ceramics Arts Qld - Finalist     Cooroy, Sunshine Coast                                            2021

Martin Hansen Memorial Art Awards          Gladstone, Qld                                                 2019/20/21

Pop Up Art Exhibition                                     Cooroy,Sunshine Coast                                           2020

Lindfield Art Show                                           Sydney                                                                          2015   

Kings School Art Show                                    Sydney                                                                         2014

Kings School Art Show                                    Sydney                                                                         2013

Art for the Heart                                              Melbourne                                                                   2013

 

EDUCATION

TAFE, East Coast Qld, Nambour, Qld                           Certificate III – Visual Arts                    2016

International School of Colour & Design, Sydney         Diploma – Surface Design                    2014

International School of Colour & Design, Sydney         Diploma – Graphic Design (part)        2013

International School of Colour & Design, Sydney         Certificate IV - Colour & Design         2012

University of Melbourne                                                    Bachelor of Arts                                       1978

COMMUNITY ART ROLES

Australian Wood Firers United         Vice President                                                        2019 – current

Noosa Open Studios                          President                                                                                 2018

Noosa Arts & Crafts Association     Vice President                                                                        2017

Noosa Open Studios                          Marketing Manager                                                               2017

 

 

PREVIOUS CAREER HISTORY

I held CEO and marketing positions in large companies across Australia & New Zealand, including Sheridan, Holeproof, Esprit, OPSM and Mambo. From 2005 to 2012, I founded and ran my own fashion retail business, pink zebra, with 5 boutiques in Melbourne & Sydney, then owned my own online business, YUM Cashmere, until 2016.

                                  

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