When I was 19, my interest in art and design took me to Australia to complete a Degree in Fashion Design at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology). I graduated and worked for a year as a Computer-Aided Designer for the fashion industry, where I became fascinated by the possibilities of digital media.

I returned to university to do a Post-Graduate Diploma in Animation and Interactive Media, building on my skills with a greater sense of narrative and animation. I then co-founded Nectarine, a Melbourne-based interactive design studio, and was director for over a decade.

Eighteen years ago I returned to NZ to settle in Carterton. In the awe-inspiring landscape of the Wairarapa, I’ve rediscovered my love of analogue. I work in oil and wax, graphite, watercolour and recently have been exploring monotype print.

Shape, texture, and storytelling play an important part in my work whichever medium I’m working in. Currently, the theme I am working with is grief and belonging which is handed down through generations.