Mosaic began for me in 1994 after a good friend said, ‘lets have a go at mosaic!’ I have been on a creative journey ever since.

Using a mix of items new and found, my designs are inspired by the coastal and hinterland regions of Southern Queensland I have called home for more than 40 years. In 2022 I moved back to Adelaide to help care for my parents in their elder years, I continued my mosaic journey here. After volunteering for a 28metre wall mosaic in Victor Harbour ( with mosaic artists Mike Tye & Cedric Varcoe) I began teaching at the Goolwa Community Centre. I was also commissioned to design and mosaic a large wall piece for the Thebarton Senior School’s 100th year centenary, followed by facilitating a community project at Harbour Village retirement living, in Victor Harbour.

I’m super excited to begin my next journey in Hervey Bay, Queensland where I’ll be making my home for many years to come.

Nature, especially the coastline, has always been my inspiration and calming place. More recently my designs come from the natural world that directly surrounds me. I take inspiration too from an incredible history of mosaic and it’s uses. Architect Antonio Gaudi was an eye-opener for me, through flowing lines his use of mosaic becomes the building itself.

Commissions…

…are a big part of my practice. I offer a flexible design service that can faithfully capture ideas and extend them. I can work from a design you supply, or I can develop a concept for your site or situation that will surprise and delight you. Your mosaic can create a talking point in any area, private, commercial and community.

I’ve had a lot of private commissions, from vases, plates,platters, pots, urns, and hanging wall pieces (I’ve perfected a technique that keeps a wall piece light enough to hang and durable enough to last) – to exterior planters, table tops, bird baths, park benches, wall mosaics from small insets to large, garden settings, signage and bathroom features.

Commercial commissions include restaurant entrance walls at the International Palms Hotel in Brisbane (1998), Aussie World Theme Park, and upstairs amenities in Palm View, South Eastern Queensland. Mosaics were installed in areas of wall, bench-tops and mirrors. The RSL Cooroy kept me busy in the covid times with 3 x large memorial mosaics on the outside of the building. It was fun being part of an, “ art in Tewantin'“ project where I was commissioned to do 4 large mosaic panels for the front of 4 shops.

For private and commercial commissions go to the Works menu. While there check out the very small selection of pots, urns, platters, and vases in Objects

Exhibiting is another exciting area of my practice, it’s a chance to give my own concepts free reign. There’s an expanding appreciation for mosaic in unexpected ways, from exhibitions for seasonal grape-picking celebrations (see below) to group shows and collaborations.

The Butter Factory Arts Centre, (Cooroy, 2017), The Tesserae Forest, The Art Hub (Cooroy, 2018). Noosa Open Studios and SALA open studios in Adelaide. I’m excited to begin working on an exhibition for Hervey Bay in 2027.