How long have you lived in the Albury/Wodonga area?
I was born in the Riverina (Deniliquin ) but have spent 40 + years living in Queensland before returning south in 2018 and I now live on a farm in Talgarno.

What mediums /materials do you explore/ work in /study?
I have worked in precious metals and gemstones all my working life, since the early1970’s, as a goldsmith and jeweller. In 2014 I retired after 11 years teaching jewellery apprentices at Brisbane TAFE.

I began to explore watercolours and after a couple of years I took lessons in oil painting. I still have my goldsmithing workshop and make jewellery by commission.

How have you educated yourself in your favoured fields?
After school I studied Art at RMIT where I majored in Gold and Silversmithing. Learning and improving skills have been ongoing throughout my life. I have studied painting skills with various online tutors as well as face-to-face classes.

How long have you been pursuing your interests in visual arts/crafts?
Always interested in the creatives and design throughout my life in the jewellery industry. Painting now seems to dominate my interest and my time.

What do you do when you are not working on your art?
I am interested in gardening and photography and love spending time with my wonderful family and friends.

What is the reason and passion behind your work?
I look for beauty in the world around me. When I paint, I try to express the harmonies and rhythm of shapes and their arrangement in spaces. I love to play with the shapes, magnify, crop and re-arrange sometimes abstractly but I’m a bit obsessed with fine details, probably due to my jewellery making.