Category: Spotlight

Favourite Snack while creating:

Almonds and sultanas, when I really need an energy boost, chocolate coated almonds!

Favourite Documentary:

My Octopus teacher.  I am a keen snorkeller and all things undersea.  This was a beautifully filmed,  well told story.

Works of art in my dream collection:

I recently saw an exhibition of Ben Shearer’s outback water colours, I would be very happy to have one of his large works on my wall.

Loved it.  Bought it:

Last year I bought a David Frazer wood cut.  Two lovers in a boat  sailing the open sea.  Beautiful printmaker and storyteller with his images.

Living artist I admire:

Sydney ceramicist Simone Fraser.  Beautiful original work and amazing glazes and a very generous nice person too!

Best advice from mentor:

I worked for potter Victoria Howlett for year.  First thing she asked was ‘Do you drop things?’  Something you don’t want in a pottery studio.  Other advice, keep working, practice, learn from others, look at good art.

Advice to my younger self:

Be more assertive, have more confidence in your own ability. Be patient, don’t try and do everything at once

Currently reading:

Just finished Pip Williams ‘The bookbinders of Jericho.’ Also, Victorian potter Owen Rye’s memoir, ‘Beyond Short Street’

Three things I am grateful for:

That I married a builder, who built my studio and who is a great all round helper. My children and extended family, and being able to work as an artist, to create work.

Go to art website:

Melbourne based Skepsi Gallery. Anna Maas, great supporter and promoter of Australian ceramics.  Always does a great job with her website.

If not Melbourne, where?

Anywhere by the sea, Bellarine Peninsula, Point Lonsdale.  I spend quite a bit of time there.  Swimming, walking, breathing in the sea air. A lot of my inspiration for my work comes from there.