Born in Holland of Dutch/Italian parents, I migrated to Australia with my family and settled in Adelaide, South Australia.
After my secondary education I spent 4 years in the BIG WORLD in various careers such as draftsman's assistant at the LTO, Studying and practicing psychiatric nursing and after studying part time fashion /art / craft classes at night school, I eventually landed a job designing lingerie.
A year later I was out of there (I had left home by this time) and studied a diploma of fine arts at the South Australian school of Arts.
My creativity, politics and spiritual awareness surged… Vietnam! … Buddhism…Bob Dylan! . I taught a variety of art classes over these years and the following:
I began exhibiting (painting) immediately after my art school days were completed.
In 1973 I became pregnant with Morgana and life changed. Single mother ……… Baby pictures! Party pictures! Outings! Friends! The mad 70's in tow and fell in love with photography.
I stopped painting, set up a darkroom in the bathroom and played while baby slept!…..
Two and a half years later I was offered a job as a stills photographer on a documentary with the South Australian Film Corp……. I had been encouraged by a good friend, already in the industry to apply. I had never thought as photography as a job! . This was the beginning of a career / profession and a new form of artistic expression for me.
In 1981 my daughter and I went to Europe where I worked and travelled with the Dutch Theatre Company 'Kiss'. My travels through Europe broadened my perspective on life and creativity. I returned to Adelaide a year and a half later and resumed my earlier path.
In 1986 restless and searching for stimulation we moved to Sydney, leaving behind a then successful professional and artistic career, great friends and a life so far well lived.
Sydney was initially difficult, but stimulating…packing cakes on the night shift and in the daytime circulating that CV! It was challenging. It was needed. It worked.
I now have a successful profession as a freelance photographer and exhibiting artist and have recently started painting again.
Morgana is in the music industry….. Lead singer of Nitocris. I work in many Industries for PR and documentation e.g. music, film, festivals, corporate functions, theatre, portraiture and for the last ten years I have been actively involved in an inner city women's refuge as a relief support worker. I still design and sew cloth for personal use.
I exhibit regularly and it is these exhibition works that my site displays.
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