AS I ENTER MY SEVENTIES I AM THINKING A LOT ABOUT  WORK I DID IN

THE NINETEEN SEVENTIES WHEN I BEGAN MY CAREER IN THE ART WORLD.

“CREATIVE EMBROIDERED TEXTILES  WERE THEN NOT SEEN AS  ‘ART’

BY MANY, BUT I SOLD WORK FROM MY FIRST & ONLY SOLO EXHIBITION

AND GAINED COMMISSIONS TO ‘CRAFT’ SEVERAL NEW TRADE UNION

BANNERS. THIS WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED  BY A DECADE OF FACILITATING

COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS IN WESTERN SYDNEY.

I WAS EMPLOYED TO PRODUCE BANNERS WITH RESIDENTS ON THEIR

CHOSEN THEMES.  MULTICULTURALISM, LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES,

CELEBRATING NEIGHBOURHOOD  AND CULTURE ATTRACTED FUNDING

FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO CREATE EXTRAORDINARY ART AND SHARE IT.

I CONTINUED TO DEVELOP MY OWN TEXTILE ART AND ADOPTED THE

ROUTINE PRACTICE OF PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION WHICH LEAD TO VIDEO

MAKING WHICH NOW TAKES UP MUCH OF MY CURRENT ART LIFE.

I HAVE ALSO RESUMED MY ART EDUCATION – FINE ART DIPLOMA AT TAFE.

TO CELEBRATE A DECADE OF LIVING AND WORKING AMONG FRIENDS IN A

VERY SPECIAL PLACE THIS SELECTION OF ART IS DEDICATED TO THIS

COUNTRY WHICH CONTINUES TO AMAZE AND INSPIRE US ALL.