I love being able to make art. It’s a charming skill to see something and be able to reproduce it on paper. I especially like being able to bring concepts to life visually. I have been making art since I was a little girl. I never stopped.

I completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School for Art, University of Tasmania in 1999. I majored in Painting and enjoyed using oils on board. During my three years of painting I developed a love for colour and texture and an interest in abstract. Life Drawing, another of my subjects, became an equal passion which I continue to this day. Charcoal, ink, lines and negative space were things that I understood. This interest is still apparent in my arts practice.

In 2004 I completed my honours, majoring in painting and printmaking. My thesis explored how art can be a way of studying the inner self. I employed symbolism and abstraction to represent intimate truths. I continue to use symbols in my printmaking practice, which is the medium I work most heavily in. Having moved to Queensland as an emerging artist in 2006, I continue to make bodies of work that express representations of life in a metaphoric way.

As a printmaker I am concerned about the toxic materials that are used to make beautiful art. Embossing is one safe method. Another is a method inspired by printmaking, where I apply wood-cutting methods to used materials. It is both a surprising and limited technique.

I use the method of embossing/blind printing because I like the way it draws people in to take a closer look. For these I create large woodcuts which leave their impressions on the paper after running through a large printing press. I have recently taken an interest in incorporating recycled materials into my practice. Each layer receives a different treatment, developed from printmaking techniques. Like the blind prints, these works pull people in to look closer.

I am huge fan of Emma Magenta, Bjork and Roald Dahl. If you know anything about these three individuals you know about whimsy, romance and crazy fantasy. I try to inject my own laughter and wonder at the world in my artworks.