artist
illustrator
quiltmaker

On any given day there are a million ideas floating in my mind, so that the challenge is not so much to find inspiration, but rather, to decide which idea to run with next. For the sake of taming the flow of creativity and chaos of ideas that want to be realised, I focus my artmaking into two main pursuits…

1. textile fine art, using quiltmaking techniques
2. picture book illustration, to capture and celebrate the world of little children beyond what I currently have time to explore in my art quilts.

I especially love it when these two pursuits collide and cross paths, and am continually looking for ways to make this happen.

It is the little every day things that inspire both my illustration work and my fine art. I am reminded of this in the journey of discovery of the little children in my life. There is nothing more beautiful than the pure joy and wonder of a little child discovering something new about this wonderful world - snail trails, dew drops, rain falling, bubbles floating…

My botanical art is what most people know best. The vibrant eucalyptus blossoms are a crowd favourite!

I love focussing in the beauty of ordinary every day things, including the flora that forms our local streetscape. There is so much beauty in the sturdy, slender gum leaves, and the verdant clusters of fibrous eucalyptus blossoms bursting from their wooden shells.