I was born in Australia in 1964 in the Hunter Valley of NSW, with my twin sister Simmone. I was brought up in the countryside, having an extreme attachment to my sister and an acute sensitivity to the natural world.

At age 10 we moved to the city, and it was here I became aware of my creative ability and the power of self-expression, as a way to define myself and my individuality and also as a place of safety and refuge.

In 1984 I commenced a BA in visual arts at the City Art Institute in Sydney and in 1987 completed a post graduate degree in painting. Soon after I joined the stable of Kim Bonython gallery and then went on to join the Tim Olsen Gallery in Sydney. In 1997 Simmone and I purchased Essington Park, a homestead on the Central Tablelands west of Sydney, which became a creative retreat where I drew inspiration for the next 25 years. In 2008 I joined the stable of painters at the King Street Gallery in Sydney and the Scott Livesey Gallery in Melbourne, where I exhibit simultaneously biannually. In 2017 I moved for love to an island off the coast of Maine in the USA, where I now live and work.

Landscape and solitude sustains my practice. I am presently obsessed by the poetry of Mary Oliver and the writings of Wendel Berry, Robert Hass, Janet Malcolm and Celia Paul. I am looking towards Per Kirkeby, John Walker, Pierre Bonnard, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff for visual tips and guidance.

Currently I am making a body of work for the John Martin Gallery in London and an exhibition for the Dowling Walsh Gallery in Maine. Both opening in the Autumn of 2023.