WHEN I BEGAN A CAREER IN THE SYDNEY ART WORLD IN THE SEVENTIES,

CREATIVE EMBROIDERED TEXTILES WERE BEGINNING TO BE SEEN AS

A LEGITIMATE ART FORM WITHIN THE WOMEN’S ART MOVEMENT.

I SOLD WORK FROM THE EMBROIDERER’S GUILD OF N.S.W.  AND MY SOLO

EXHIBITION AT THE BURTON STREET GALLERY DARLINGHURST, AND WAS

COMMISSIONED TO ‘CRAFT’ SEVERAL NEW TRADE UNION BANNERS.

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A DECADE OF FACILITATING COMMUNITY ART

PROJECTS IN WESTERN SYDNEY WHEN I WAS EMPLOYED TO PRODUCE

BANNERS WITH RESIDENTS ON CHOSEN THEMES.

ISSUES SUCH AS MULTICULTURALISM, THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND

CELEBRATING CULTURE AND COMMUNITY ATTRACTED GOVERNMENT

FUNDING FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO CREATE EXTRAORDINARY ART AND

SHARE IT TOGETHER AS BOTH A PROCESS AND A PUBLIC ART PRODUCT.

I CONTINUED TO DEVELOP MY OWN WORK   ADOPTING ROUTINELY THE

PRACTICE OF PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION WHICH LEAD ON TO VIDEO

WHICH NOW TAKES UP MUCH OF MY CURRENT ART LIFE.

I HAVE ALSO RESUMED MY ART EDUCATION AND AM CURRENTLY

ENROLLED AT ARMIDALE T.A.F.E. DOING A FINE ARTS DIPLOMA.

TO CELEBRATE A DECADE OF LIVING AND WORKING IN MY OWN

VERY SPECIAL PLACE THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF

THIS COUNTRY WHICH CONTINUES TO AMAZE AND INSPIRE US ALL.