Born in Sydney, i went to Newtown high school of the performing arts. I was a challenging teenager having experienced abuse when young outside the home. My go to was art. I was a music student, studying the Big band with the trombone and Viola. But my passion and skill was with visual art. At 18 years old I moved with my family to Manchester UK where I worked in a gay cocktail bar and a hospital. I began my first relationship and moved to Amsterdam The Netherlands.
I then moved to Rotterdam where I completed Art school at the Willem de Kooning Academie. I later worked as a nurse in aged care for 8 years. My mental health deteriorated and I was in hospital for a number of years.
5 years ago I returned to Australia and living in public housing I have started drawing my surrounding, my dreams and fantasies. i have drawn a series of drawings of Eastlakes, the suburb I live and have done market stalls and have been quite successful, even the Mayor of Bayside council bought a drawing for the mayoral office. With each drawing i push the limit in what I can acheive. How to express feeling, emotions, love, desire and fear. Who knows what will come next.
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