About me

I am a former ballet dancer. I studied for my Bachelor of Arts (dance) at the VCA before changing course and gaining a BA in Writing and Literature from Deakin University. I combined the two skills and became the Editor of Dance Australia magazine, which has been my main profession. I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in that capacity in 1998. It has been a career that has given me the privilege of being exposed to some of the most extraordinarily creative people – painters, designers, choreographers, musicians.

   In the meantime I pursued my own studies in visual art. I studied painting with Walter Magilton at Stony Creek Studios in Warrandyte as well as undertook many short courses in collage, etching, portraiture and other media and methods at various institutions. I was a signatory member of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists (AGRA) for about eight years. I exhibited many times with AGRA and was twice selected for its Australian Art Excellence Award, an award for which I qualified by consistently being placed in the seasonal members’ exhibitions.

LIST OF AWARDS AND PRIZES

2026 GROUP EXHIBITION:

One of seven members of the Victorian Artists Society to present a body of work in the SPOTLIGHT exhibition, VAS Gallery, East Melbourne.

2026 – 2nd Prize VAS GEORGE HICKS FOUNDATION CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION

2024 – HC AGRA 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION BEST ACRYLIC

2023 – HC AGRA SUMMER EXHIBITION

2021 – WINNER – Box Hill Art Group Oil or Acrylic Mid-Year Exhibition

2021 – HC – AGRA ART CHALLENGE

2020 – 2nd Prize Box Hill Art Group online exhibition Oil or Acrylic

2020 – 3rd Prize AGRA Summer Exhibition

2019 – HC AGRA Winter Exhibition

2018 – WINNER – Summer Exhibition AGRA

2018 – 3rd Prize AGRA Spring Exhibition

2017-19 – Selected for the Australian Art Excellence Award (three year award)

2017 – WINNER Best in Show – AGRA Summer Exhibition

2017 – Encouragement Award Victorian Artists Society Student Exhibition

I have sold many paintings through the Australian Guild of Artists gallery in Camberwell, Victoria; the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show; the Victorian Artists Society and at the Camberwell Rotary Art Show.