For many years my art making took place on the margins of my corporate career. In 2012, I decided to take the plunge and concentrate on my art practice. Yearning for a life by the sea and closer to natural environs, I relocated from Johannesburg to the seaside town of Kommetjie in 2016, near Cape Town, where I am still based.

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Karin Daymond and Ricky Burnett have mentored my painting practice over many years. I still work mainly with oil on canvas, though I have experimented with encaustic (hot wax) painting and mixed media. Printmaking came into the mix through workshops at The Artists’ Press in 2013, the Sharon Sampson Studio in 2014/5 and, in 2019, two internships at Warren Editions.

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In 2021 I completed a postgraduate diploma in fine art (with distinction) at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, working in the fragile medium of porcelain paper clay. I continue to work with elements of fragility and memory in new works.

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I have paintings and prints in private international and local collections as well as in South African corporate collections, including Spier Arts Trust and the University of Cape Town’s  Works of Art Collection.