I worked restoring antiques for many years using age old techniques and natural pigments. It seemed a natural progression to me to go from pigments on furniture to paint on canvas. My transition into paintings been an empowering journey. I have always been surrounded by art and have a language of painting close at hand, so when I discovered an abundance of life at the end of my paint brush, a painterly life,it became a passion. Each day the possibility of capturing a new aspect on canvas brings me great joy. I have been painting for fifteen years pretty much full time. I attend studio painting at The Brisbane Institute of Art and have been exhibiting twice a year there for four years. I have also exhibited paintings in The Royal Art Society of Brisbane exhibitions over ten years.