I paint native plants from my garden on Dunghutti country which I view as a record of things overlooked and disregarded. I despair as I witness the destruction happening as native habitat is exoticised, anglicised or resortised. My 'Extinct Again' series allowed me to revere our native flora.
I've been a painter pretty much my entire adult life. In 2009 my husband died. Such a terrible blow, especially for him. So that he would be remembered, I wrote a memoir, 'A Book of Not Forgetting.' Whilst writing, I became enchanted by the sounds, look and meanings of some words. Although I continued to paint recognisable objects, this small body of work grew out of this captivation.
