Creative Artist - AU (2020-02)

Paintings

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Oppositepage

Top:ElephantRock

Currumbin

Middle:Dunes

Bottom:Though

PoppiesStillGrow

PROFILE

46 artist

I

grew up in country Victoria. I think I was born

to create, and as a child I was passionate about

anything with a creative aspect. I particularly had

a love for drawing, and spent many hours drawing

caricatures. I went on to study art in high school,

which was primarily art history and appreciation.

Unfortunately, my art teacher was a substitute

and really had no creative interest in the students

and as a result my attempts at painting were not

encouraged.

I moved on to the real world, training as a nurse.

I continued my creative journey through craft

pursuits such as knitting and sewing, and even

sugar art and cake decorating, which my mother

taught me. I married in 1980 and had two children

and it was during this time that I also joined the

Australian Army Reserve and volunteered with the

State Emergency Service. In 1995 we moved to

Queensland. I started work in the public service

and also undertook tertiary studies, completing an

undergraduate degree in Criminology and a Masters

in Ethics and Legal Studies.

It wasn’t until after my children had grown that

I returned to my first love of drawing. It was only

a couple of years later during the Brisbane 2011

floods when we were stranded that I decided to

My New World