I was born in Dunedin, New Zealand into a very creative family, my grandfather being one of New Zealand’s first talkie-movie makers. After many years of working in the corporate sector I decided to pursue my greater passion for arts and started by studying textile design followed by fine arts in Australia.
After meeting my Indian husband, I moved from Australia to Cambridge, UK where he encouraged me to develop my paintings and textiles influenced at that stage from all my travels to India. Elephants featured widely in a lot of the works and continue to do so today, not only what they represent in Indian culture but also because they are so close to humans in their behaviour and family structure.
I had numerous exhibitions in Cambridge and London, one of my most memorable as the first artist to exhibit at JP Morgan, merchant bankers as part of their Shining Star campaign to raise funds for the children’s charity CHASE.
I have always supported elephant conservation. A mutual friend, The Ambassador to the United Nations for Sri Lanka, invited me to exhibit at the UN in New York to raise funds for the SLWCS (Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society).
The work I have put together now is inspired by my love for Mother Nature to passionately preserve what she has intelligently created. This is always at the forefront of my thought process when I commence a piece of art whether it be painting, textiles or printmaking.
