Artist Statement
I am a fibre and mixed media artist based in the inner west of Sydney. I work using a variety of materials and techniques. My greatest passion is stitch – an integral component of my art works.
I am inspired to create work by my life experiences, world events, environmental issues and the colours, textures, patterns and lines I see around me in the natural and built landscape.
I endeavour to use recycled materials and found objects in my work and enjoy the challenge of purchasing as little as possible to create my pieces
Education
2011 Diploma in Surface Design, International School of Colour and Design
(Award of Excellence and an Industry Award)
2010 Certificate in Colour and Design, International School of Colour and Design (Award of Excellence and two Industry Awards)
1990 Diploma of Applied Science (Teacher-Librarianship),
WACAE-Edith Cowan University
1978 Diploma in Teaching, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education
Exhibitions
2018 un:Seen – untethered fibre artists inc. Wallarobba Arts & Culture Centre, NSW
2018 Synthesis – untethered fibre artists inc. GalleryONE88, Katoomba, NSW
2018 The Space in between – Palm House Gallery, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW
2018 Brooching the Subject #2 – Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, NSW
2018 Year of the Dog – Spiral Gallery, Bega, NSW
2018 inTransit – untethered, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
2018 Drawn Together – untethered collaborative selected, Stitched Up,
Queen St Gallery, NSW
2018 inTransit – untethered, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
2017 Drawn Together – untethered collaborative, Stitched Up,
The Lock Up, Newcastle, NSW
2017 ebb and flow – untethered Fibre Artists, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW
2017 ebb and flow – untethered Fibre Artists, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT
2016 ebb and flow – untethered Fibre Artists, Wallarobba Arts Cultural Centre, NSW
2016 Façade – Palm House Gallery, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW
2016 Redemption – prize winner, Berry School of Arts, Berry, Berry, NSW
2016 World of Difference – prize winner, Berry School of Arts, NSW
2015 Medieval Project – (Dijanne Cevaal), Paris, Touring Australian Cities
2015 Out of Hand – untethered, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
2015 Kimberley Dreaming – Perth, WA
2015 Red Obsession – prize winner, Berry School of Arts, Berry, NSW
2015 A World of Texture – Berry School of Arts, Berry, NSW
2014 NSW Embroiderers Guild exhibition, Concord, NSW
2012 Bloom True – Alley Gallery, Ulladulla, NSW
2012 One Red Thread – Berry School of Arts, Berry, NSW
Professional Development
Master Classes: Glenys Mann, Ruth Hadlow, Julia Raath
ATASDA Workshops: Dyeing, Screen Printing, Mixed Media, Paper Sculpture,
Collage, Felting
Fibre Arts Workshops: Fibre Sculpture, Fabric Dyeing and Journal Construction,
Printing and Fabric Manipulation
NSW Embroiderers Guild: Introductory Certificate
Other Workshops: Felting, Free Motion Quilting, Fabric Journals, Boro, Collage, Printmaking, Sculpture, Painting and Drawing, Shibori,
