I'm a self-taught artist who has always been passionate about art. I first started drawing as a young girl when my grandmother suggested I draw some of the flowers in her beautiful garden. I have always loved flowers and animals - in fact anything to do with Nature inspires me! Growing up in the bush I find Nature to be my happy place and find
Raising my family and work commitments meant little time for my art, but 7 years ago I returned to painting full time. I now paint in my studio 6 days a week! I paint with acrylic paints and I also love working with charcoal .
I've held eight very successful solo art exhibitions and several group exhibitions and have sold over 200 artworks.
I've also been lucky to have been awarded sixteen art prizes, including two Grand Champion Art Prizes in 2018, all listed below.
My art has been exhibited at the Old Lodge Gallery in Gladstone NSW, Sunset Gallery in Port Macquarie, Masterpiece Framing and Gallery Port Macquarie, Matilda St Gallery Macksville, Nambucca Heads Community Gallery, Sawtell Gallery, Nexus Gallery Bellingen, Macksville Garden Gala Solo Exhibition and Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery and Long Point Vineyard and Gallery Port Macquarie.
ART PRIZES
2024 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD, Bonny Hills Art Prize
2023 THIRD PRIZE (Oils & Acrylics section) Hastings Valley Open Art Prize, Port Macquarie
2022 FIRST PRIZE (Open Section) Bonny Hills Art Prize
2022 FIRST PRIZE (Open Section) Bonny Hills Art Prize
2022 HIGHLY COMMENDED Adelaide Swift Memorial Art Prize South West Rocks Rotary Art Show
2019 HIGHLY COMMENDED E.J Mantova Memorial Art Prize Bellingen
2018 GRAND CHAMPION ART PRIZE NVAS Annual Art Show
GRAND CHAMPION ART PRIZE - Sawtell Biennial Art Exhibition
FIRST PRIZE IN CONTEMPORARY ART, Sawtell Biennial Art ExhibitionHIGHLY COMMENDED, Coffs Coast Art Prize
HIGHLY COMMENDED, Port Macquarie Fine Arts Society Annual Art Exhibition
2017 FIRST PRIZE (Drawing Section), E.J Mantova Memorial Art Prize Bellingen
2017 FIRST PRIZE Non-Traditional painting, Nambucca Valley Art Exhibition
HIGHLY COMMENDED NVAS Annual Art Competition Macksville
2016 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD NVAS Annual Art Competition Macksville
SECOND PRIZE NVAS Annual Art Competition Macksville
2015 FIRST PRIZE Contemporary Art Sawtell Biennial Art Exhibition
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Solo Exhibition "Bliss”" Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery (MVCAG) Gladstone NSW
2023 Solo Exhibition “Heartfelt” Exhibition Wauchope Art Gallery NSW
2023 Solo Exhibition “Serenity” Exhibition South West Rocks Community Art Gallery NSW
2022 Solo Exhibition "Sanctum" Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery (MVCAG) Gladstone NSW
2022 Solo Exhibition "Sanctuary" Nulla Gallery Slim Dusty Centre Kempsey NSW
2022 Exposure 7 The Glasshouse Regional Art Gallery Port Macquarie NSW
2022 Group Exhibition SUMMER Show Sunset Gallery Port Macquarie NSW
2021 Solo Exhibition "Nature" Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery (MVCAG) Gladstone NSW
2020 Solo Exhibition "Journey" MVCAG Gladstone NSW
2019 Group Exhibition "Interpretations" Long Point Vineyard Port Macquarie NSW
2018 Solo Exhibition "Perceptions" MVCAG Gladstone NSW
2017 Solo Exhibition "Drawn to Paint” MVCAG Gladstone NSW
2016 Group Exhibition Masterpiece Framing and Gallery Port Macquarie NSW
2016 Solo Exhibition “Moments” MVCAG Gladstone NSW
2015 Solo Exhibition August Macksville Garden Gala
2015 Solo Exhibition “Through My Eyes” MVCAG Gladstone NSW
2015 Group Exhibition “Earth and Sky” Matilda St Gallery Macksville NSW