My source of complete escape

 This talented artist admits that while it’s rewarding to be acknowledged for your efforts, the most important reason why she paints is for the pure pleasure of creating an artwork.

“One of the real advantages of working with pastel is that when you put colour on the paper it is the colour you have chosen; it doesn’t change. What you see is what you get!”

I was born in Melbourne in 1945 and I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t willing to spend time with a pencil in my hand. At 14 I entered a drawing competition and won a place to further my drawing skills. At the time I was unable to