Mixed Media

Hello from my studio in Melbourne! As we step into 2024, I'm filled with excitement and a sense of personal renewal, ready to share my latest artistic explorations with you. This year is particularly special to me as it's a blend of my passions: textiles art, mixed media creations, and painting. Painting, my first love, is taking on new hues this year. I'm merging traditional brushstrokes with contemporary ideas, reflecting my own growth. Taking more time to study the Masters

Semi Finalist!! What? I beyond thrilled to be name as one of the Semi Finalist for the prestigious Doug Moran Portrait Art Prize 2022. Announced on October 20, a list of 214 artworks were selected as contenders in the final list of 30. Finalists will be announced around November 3, and you can see all the 214 finalists here and my artwork 'Overboard' Self Portrait. Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Image Have a look at all of them, they are all so different and amazing, of c

Aurifil Artisan 2022 Just announced today. The 2022 Aurifil Artisans. I very proud to be part and take part with the wonderful challenges and project we participate in over the next 12 months and to represent Aurifil Threads once again. Looking forward to experimenting further and using even more of their different threads and how they work with future art pieces coming up. You can check out all the wonderful Artists & Designers with their bios here.

Yay 'Born to be Wild' is now under my needle for Quilting. As a Aurifil Artisan I have the opportunity to do the monthly Artisan Challenge. So for July the challenge was to work on a project featuring 40wt thread....now hardly a challenge to do that!! I love the 40wt threads...I actually love all of the weights but I do use mainly 40wt and 50wt in the my thread sketching. Now for the project! On the to do list was to use one of my images as inspiration for my Wild Dog/Painted

So today was my last Monday at my solo exhibition at Kyabram Town Hall Gallery. Lots of fun lots of people, including friends family and familiar faces were all there when I started my talk/walk around on the well known pieces. then some information on techniques with some of the other pieces. So if you haven't had a chance but have been meaning to make the trip to Kyabram, please make it this week, as it all comes to an end on Friday 30th April. Thank you to all that have co

Well I started my week like this.... What fun! Kyabram Town Hall Gallery is hosting my textile exhibit until the end of April and they invited Win News from the local TV Network to come do a story on my work in the exhibit. As a bonus so many ladies happen to come as well that morning which made it even more fun. You can watch the news report here.

As of Monday the 15th March, Kyabram Town Hall Gallery in Kyabram, will be hosting my solo exhibit of Textiles and a couple of Mixed Media pieces for 7 weeks! This is the first time all my works will be hung together in one giant room for display. I am so looking forward to this as I, myself are longing to see them all hang there. Due to Covid 19, lock downs, around the world etc. last year, quilt shows around the world were cancelled. Why do I mention that you ask? So many

Shimmering Jenny - mixed media 1.95m x 1.5m This is my portrait of a very important and lovely person, our amazing Jenny Bowker AO. Although I didn't get into the Archibalds as a finalist, the experience of first approaching Jenny then flying up to spend a day with Jenny and her wonderful husband Bob. Setting up to take the photos with my husband Carl. To then doing some smaller test runs and finally to bite the bullet by approaching the real big one. Thoroughly enjoyed all