The Archibalds

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

Life gets busy and time passes so quickly. All these intentions to keep up with news and social media...arh well, one day rolls into the next and so on! With acceptances and rejections a constant, I've managed to get things done. Now moving on, next week or in 5 sleeps I'm heading off to Brisbane to hang about 10 pieces at AQC 2022 (Australasian Quilt Convention). This is pretty exciting for me as AQC back in the day was the first time I ever saw such a thing call Art Quilt

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