Artist's Palette

Stirring Feelings

I spent most of my childhood and teenage years in Orange, in central western New South Wales – although I was born in nearby Wellington. My family and I recently moved to the beautiful banks of the Manning River on an old dairy farm, near the semi-coastal town of Taree on the New South Wales mid north coast.

For as long as I can remember I have loved all aspects of art – especially drawing and painting. I would draw on anything I could find. I would spend hours in the stationery sections of shops just pondering what each product did and how I could use it. In senior high school, I took art for a major subject. Unfortunately, half of my marks were based on history – which I just couldn’t get into.

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