My work often begins with photographs. Because I slot in my art practice between caring responsibilities for my youngest child with disability, I find that I use what ever is at hand to allow creativity to flow and my smart phone is always at hand. I use photographs as a form of note taking when I’m out and about. Later, I play with the photos to create compositions, shapes, colours that interest me. I’m interested in images that remind me of how I feel when I’m in a place, or images that symbolise experiences.

Alpine landscapes have captured my attention since moving to live on the foothills of kunanyi/Mt Wellington. The wonder of an alpine environment so accessible to a capital city, like the one at the summit of kunanyi, is one of the things that makes Hobart such a special place to live. I am fascinated by the harshness of the place - so wild and untamed; an unsafe environment where we would struggle to survive and yet so close in proximity to our built environment. I find symbolism within the landscape that speaks to my own life and experience. Visually too, it seems to endlessly fascinate me with its colour, texture and quality of light. Most make a pilgrimage to the top of the mountain for the view of the land stretched out below. It is breathtaking! But I also love the landscape of the summit itself; treeless and patch-worked by the boulders and plants that make their home in that extreme environment.