ARTIST STATEMENT

My work aims to capture a moment in time, a feeling or an emotion that a woman may experience while on her life’s journey. Looking through the history of my work, it is clear that my paintings have a direct relationship to where I am in my life and how I feel about the world. This has always been conveyed primarily with the expression in the eyes of my subjects. These “windows to the soul” have always resonated very strongly with me and have acted as a profound tool of communication within my work.

I started painting over 20 years ago at the age of fifteen and it is evident that during this introduction to art, I used this medium to express my frustrations and feelings of uncertainty about the world. As I grew and developed, my artwork reflected love and heartbreak, despair and joy. With periods of darkness and light, my paintings grew in intensity and purpose and I began to find it easier to channel this energy and convey my message more effectively.

Now in my mid-thirties, a happily married woman and mother finally comfortable in her own skin, my work carries a deep sense of strength and happiness. Living in the beautiful country town of Daylesford in regional Victoria, surrounded by lakes, lavender farms, natural springs and a supportive artist community has translated into paintings representing abundance, gratitude and a sense of arrival to the place I have been trying to get to my entire life.

I pride myself on creating oil paintings that are honest and striking, a raw representation of life’s experiences that women can identify with and enjoy. I am looking forward to continuing to grow as a person, and therefore as an artist, and am grateful for the opportunity to be able to express myself in this way.