About my art

I have been exhibiting my artworks in solo and group shows in the Wellington region, New Zealand, since 2005, but art has been a big part of my life since my early 20s.

Read more about my art exhibitions and art career

Three genres

My art falls into three broad genres:

• narrative figurative paintings - often moody and expressive - that tell stories about people and explore the sacred feminine, spiritual life journeys and relationships

• abstract works that explore shape, line, colour and the different ways paint can be applied to surfaces with gesture

• landscapes, either inspired by photographs or drawn from my imagination and memory, which can be surreal, dreamlike and ambiguous.

Influences

A long involvement in theatre as an actor and my love of stories and storytelling as a communications professional underpin much of my work. My interest in the sacred feminine and women’s spiritual journeys began when I went to many women’s gatherings as a young woman. Spiritual themes keep appearing in my work as my interest in spirituality continues to guide me.

Photography and digital work

My love of photography began when studying at art school in Sydney in the 1980s. I take mainly landscape photographs, looking for how light transforms the everyday into the sublime. In recent years my art process often includes digital software as a way to progress a painting, or to come up with ideas for new paintings. Some work is purely digital.

My studio

I live at Paraparaumu Beach north of New Zealand’s capital city Wellington. My home studio is open by appointment. Message me via my contact enquiry form if you would like to visit. Each year around November I open my studio during the Kapiti Art Trail weekends.

All my art is for sale, unless marked as sold or in my own collection, and most can also be ordered as fine art prints - either from Art Collective New Zealand, or directly from me. I can arrange shipping and will let you know the cost. Send me an enquiry via my contact form to know more.