Long, long ago...

Long, long ago... in a land far from here, I told my parents that I wanted to become an artist! I've always been a maker, always drawn pictures, always thought I could make anything. So off to Queensland College of Art in Australia for three years, inventing myself as a commercial artist. After graduating college, into an economic climate of high unemployment, I struggled to find creative work. I was too young and undeveloped to strike out on my own then and I eventually ended up working in office administration. Then came child-rearing, home-schooling and family committments. Although these factors affected the time I had to develop as an artist, I managed to spend years experimenting with different media and learning to be computer literate in a changing world.

One year, a friend of mine began an Arts degree and during a conversation with her I discovered the notion of focusing on an idea and developing it with research and experimentation. The object being to create a cohesive 'body of work'... language that was strange to me coming from a background of design briefs!! I chose circular design ... and have never looked back for the last six years! I have been delighted with pattern and geometry ever since. I have branched out from mandalas to symmetry, tesselation and free floral designs. I have studied a great variety of subject matter from ancient celtic work to islamic patterns to ground-breaking work from artists like M. C. Escher.

My studies continue and I currently work full-time as an artist. I have at long last begun to 'live a creative life' and savour every moment. I have begun this blog as a record of where I have been, where I am and where I am going... I hope you will join me on this wonderous road!