你为什么创作艺术？
Art became a way for me to create something permanent after years of  investing my time into looking after my fairly big family. Art is the place I slow down & often get very quiet and meditative

你画画多久了？
I have always made art & been creative. My watercolours are also unusual in my process as they really reflect my drawing background, I almost want to call them drawings in watercolour as they are very lime and wash based

Did you have form al art training?
I had a wonderful art teacher in elementary/primary school and I believe she laid a very strong foundation for me. High School I also had the privilege of access to an art centre with really great teachers. I studied Textile Design there & believe it has influenced my work towards simplification and unusual layout. After school I sudied a degree in art, which was very conceptual. It killed art for me so I took a ten year break before returning to drawing late at night when the whole family was asleep. I had to teach myself everything I know about watercolour. Luckily I love geeking out , so am forever going deeper into it

你是职业艺术家还是业余爱好者？
I  am very blessed that art gas been my passion and our bread and butter for the last three years

你从谁或什么事物中汲取灵感？
I gather inspiration from many fields. Everyday mundane, the way light falls, ideas I read about, and lots of artists throughout history

你画画的时候喜欢听什么类型的音乐？
I love quiet while I paint. I often also paint while supporting my children in schooling or hanging out with friends. In an ideal getting to really indulge, I would listen to classical or indie music, something gentle and human. I also love listening to podcasts while painting but sometimes the words take me out of my glow state, so I turn it off.

你有没有过导师？
No but I have had very pivotal moments when certain people encouraging me brought me back from the edge of giving up altogether on art

你每天都画画吗？
I wish!

你是一次只画一幅画，还是同时画好几幅？
I love to juggle a few , I also find the switching between pieces help me out of a funk when it happens

你会先创作概念作品吗？
No, I alter as I go but I think about it a lot, so maybe it’s just a piece in my head

你更喜欢在画室里作画还是户外写生？
I was hard bent on plein air but the short flowering of my subject has definitely necessitated in studio from photographic references

你们使用了多少种核心颜色？
Some works literally only have one, the Corals gave about 6 for subtle differences

管状、盘状还是棒状？
ALL of them!

你使用遮蔽液吗？
I haven’t found one that works for me yet

你如何判断你的作品是否完成？
I try to step away and stop earlier but sometimes I probably overwork, I get very into the details