Drawing, painting, sewing, crafting, cooking, even house renovating – I find the process rewarding and exciting, yet also elusive and frustrating in equal parts. But it’s magic when it works!
Growing up in country-town Western Australia during the 1950s, there were no ‘options’ at the junior high school (Infants through to Year 10) I attended. Once in high school, the ‘big boys’ took Woodwork or Metalwork classes while the ‘big girls’ took Domestic Science – sewing, cooking, ironing and even cleaning were taught, but no Art!
When I was 14, my family moved to Adelaide. The disparity between a country town junior high school
