Flower Garden

Acrylic on canvas
1020 x 1020mm
Letting go of fear and exploring colours, textures and playful mark making led me to this garden. Layers of discovery and obscuring what doesn’t bring joy. A painting from the heart and not the head when I needed that most.
$650

Gifted Orchid

Acrylic on canvas
350 x 720mm
I took mum flowers each time I visited her, she’d ask me if I grew them. I lied and said that I did as I removed the tag in front of her and she laughed. She always enjoyed them. One day I decided to take her an orchid in flower. When it eventually dropped it’s flowers, I was determined to get it to flower again so I could take it back and finally tell the truth. She was so impressed. I managed to do that 3 more times.
$180

Favourite Child

Mixed media on canvas
300 x 300mm
Pears represent relationships to me, the way they fall and lean in on each other. Like any mother, we may have our favourite child, or the golden child, it may vary at times too, they all need protection at different times and some extra support.
$100

Pear Love

Mixed media on canvas
300 x 300mm
That feeling when you feel connected to someone and have made a safe happy nest together.
$100

Immersed

Oil on canvas
Beneath the bowl of flowers was a portrait of a person that emerged one day. A stoic stiff upper lipped individual who was not happy, you could see it in their eyes. Following an art class with some of my favourite little people that person found joy in creating blooms.
$250

20200204_075624 copy.jpg — We Are One

Oil on canvas
30 x 30 x 4cm
My little splash of colour while trapped with a needy dog recovering from surgery. I've been thinking what it means to be Australian and had images in my head of compositions responding to the bushfires but found myself turn towards my native flowers instead. Maybe that's my view of what it means to be Australian, as unique as we all are, we work better together.
$120

Nautilus Still Life

Oil on canvas floating wooden frame
Size 32 x 32cm W x 6cm D
Still life allows you to create colourful corners of comfort and this has never been more important as we navigate our new normal in 2020. In this one I used subtle textures on the table cloth and a soft calming palette. I’ve had this nautilus shell since living and working in the Torres Strait and tip of Cape York back in the 80s. It was a treasure to find and has been a prized reminder of my time there.
$150

The Drunk Uncle

Acrylic on canvas in Tasmanian Oak Floating frame

360 x 720mm

This family of pears looks at relationships in the positioning of the objects and the personality of each. Like any family there is conflict. Parents whispering their concerns in the background, young kids playing in the foreground oblivious to any tension. The defiant and challenging teen on the right and don’t forget the drunk uncle that has fallen over unnoticed.

$300

Domestic Science

Mixed media on canvas in wooden floating frame not shown
300 x 400mm
Cut pumpkin with a side of hidden thoughts and memories fading in the shadows. We never celebrated Halloween as children, but we went to church every Sunday. As I got older, I realised that the people at that neighbourhood church were not very Christian. We celebrate Halloween now with our neighbourhood kids and it brings the community together.
$120

Red Apples

Mixed media on canvas
500 x 400mm
I did some sketching inspired by Margaret Olley’s still lifes at the Tweed Gallery. This painting grew from those sketches.
$90

Just a Vase of Flowers

Mixed media on canvas
500 x 400 x 15mm
Inspired by a poem by the same title, this work looks at the gifting of flowers and the intent behind them.
$90

The Green Vase

Acrylic on canvas
300 x 400mm
Playful use of mark making and colours led to this still life. Sometimes our art takes us on a different trajectory.
$120

Herbal Tea

Mixed media on paper
465 x 320mm
A Tuesday drawing session with lovely company. Good for the soul.
$90

Family Smooching Pears

Mixed media on paper
575 x 390mm
Gestural energy suggesting the connection and relationship between this little family.
$100

Playful Pears 1

Mixed media on paper
465 x 320mm
From a small exploration in a sketchbook that needed to go larger, this playful series of pears is like a colouring in book on steroids. Break the rules.
$90

Playful Pears 2

Mixed media on paper
465 x 320mm
From a small exploration in a sketchbook that needed to go larger, this playful series of pears is like a colouring in book on steroids. Break the rules.
$90

Playful Pears 3

Mixed media on paper
465 x 320mm
From a small exploration in a sketchbook that needed to go larger, this playful series of pears is like a colouring in book on steroids. Break the rules.
$90

Pear Group in Brown

Mixed Media on paper - brown wooden frame under glass
465 x 320mm
$90

Mandarins

Mixed media on paper - framed in black timber frame under glass
575 x 390mm
Bold and beautiful to capture the intense sweetness of the mandarin.
$100

Pomegranates

Mixed media on paper - framed in thin wooden frame under glass
575 x 390mm
I have been growing a pomegranate tree for years and was so excited to finally see fruit on it that it was picked prematurely. This work is embellishing the truth to find joy.
$100

Two Vases

Mixed media 37 x 49 x 1cm
It’s lovely witnessing details in a new environment and creating imagery with new objects. These unique vases were at a friend’s home, one she made. If you were to zoom out there were three women all drawing, chatting and doing coffee. An art date!
SOLD

Spring Garden

Acrylic on canvas 45.5 x 30.5 x 3cm
Intuitive layered approach to an imaginative garden of playful lines and imagined flora.
SOLD at KDTY Decor and Design - Tweed City (next to Post Office)

Yellow Reach

Acrylic on canvas 46 x 32 x 3cm
Intuitive layered approach to an imaginative garden of playful lines and imagined flora. This painting continues on the sides of the canvas.
SOLD at KDTY Decor and Design - Tweed City (next to Post Office)

Bloom

Acrylic on board in repurposed frame 39 x 39 x 4cm
Using a layered intuitive approach blooms emerged in time for Spring. Marks were made using a range of objects including stencils, palette knife, loyalty card and wooden sticks. The frame has been given a second life.
SOLD

Mother’s Day

Mixed media

48 x 58 x 1 cm

Keeping it free and loose starting by scribbling with a stick and ink and working back to it with gouache. My mum was always active so when she fractured her hip and was restricted by a wheelchair, we started a new hobby together often painting flowers. These are the best ones as they stay fresh. Happy memories.

SOLD