About my work
I trained in fine art printmaking under Marilyn Webb and Chris de Jong. I make my prints in my spare time (I have a full time job) and am represented by a select few dealer galleries around New Zealand.
I always make woodblock prints, using a rolling pin because I don't have a printmaking press. I have developed a way of working that doesn't use any toxic materials or cleaners, which is very important to me.
Printing small editions is important to me too - you'll never see more than 12 prints in any one edition because I want to keep my work special for the people that buy it.
My prints are always drawn, painted, sewn, or stamped before they're finished, which is hours of quiet work, usually while listening to this or that.
People tell me my work looks homemade, or like something from a vintage craft magazine and I take that as a compliment. I'm inspired by wallpaper, the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. I love vintage, homemade things, grandmothers, the New Zealand landscape, birds, plants, and colour.
I use the Victorian Flower Language in my prints, a secret code from Victorian times where each flower is given a meaning: rose for love, rosemary for remembrance, clematis for mental beauty.
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My Auckland dealer: The Poi Room
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My Wellington dealer: Solander Gallery
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