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The Traveling Artist -Roaming in Rome
An excerpt from my Italy travels on the way to seeing my art on exhibition in Bologna…. After Pompeii and Sorrento we head back to Rome...
How to Turn a Garage into an Art Studio
In this video I share lots of tips on how I turned my single garage into a working art studio.
The Ugly Bit, in the Middle
Giving yourself permission to enjoy the process and recognising that ‘play’ is the link between an idea and creating great art.
Refill the Creative Well by Taking a Personal Art Retreat
I’m on a personal Art Retreat! For the next few months I’m not painting artworks, I’m just refilling the creative well. This involves;...
How To Overcome Fear as an Artist
Enjoy being the creative person you were born to be with your own creative voice and vision.
Where the Sun Kissed the Sea
In this blog I share the inspiration for these two Abstract artworks and also a bit of the painting process. “As I walk along the water’s...
Rejuvenation
I was wondering what to blog today as I’m lying here with my feet up drinking honey and lemon and feeling manky with a chest cold. (Manky...
The Passionate Side Of Creating
I read the above quote this week and it made me stop and ponder about my purpose and the true passion behind it. I work as a full time...
How I Used Art to Help Me Heal
How It All Started I've been an artist since I was 15 but only discovered 'who' I was when I turned 40 in 2001. I thought that year was...
Visions and Dreams in 2018!
Above: Gold Coast, Queensland. As we are settling into Queensland, after our move here from NSW in June, I'm feeling very excited about...
Variety...the Spice of Life! Part 2
I was sharing in my previous blog about the need for variety in life and how I was pondering why there is so much variety in my artworks....
Variety...the Spice of Life! Part 1
We all need variety right? Visitors to my studio often say they love the variety in my work and I was pondering why there is that variety...
On Being Unpredictable
One thing I've never wanted to be in my creation of art is 'predictable'. The artist's life is a journey of discovery, learning,...
A New Studio, a new chapter
The past month has been crazy! We put our house on the market, which sold in a few days, flew to Queensland where we found and bought...