Born in 1962 in Zagreb in Croatia, I immigrated to Australia with parents and sister in 1969 at the age of seven. My father was also an artist of sorts, albeit his art was a trade – painter and decorator.
I always had an interest in drawing and as a youngster would copy images from books and newspapers or whatever caught my eye. In fact, I learnt to write by copying text from newspapers. Art was never encouraged [nor scorned in our
