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:

A  draftsman's assistant at the LTO,  Psychiatric Nursing, &  studied part time fashion /art / craft classes at night school after which  I landed a job designing lingerie witgha prominent firm.

A year later I was out of there (I had left home by this time) and proceeded  to study a Diploma of Fine Arts at the South Australian school of Arts, full time.

My creativity, politic and spiritual awareness surged… Vietnam! … Buddhism…Bob Dylan! .

I taught a variety of art classes over these years and many following..see CV

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 of  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 traveled 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  Photo Artist.

Morgana moved into the music industry…..& became Lead singer of Nitocris ( a ten year stint), TheMonstars & more recently, "The Lady Bites"  "Boxing with Ghosts" & "Foo Foo Fa Nooh" . Studied I/T & now runs a freelance  business as a web designer & buillder.

I work in many Industries for PR and documentation e.g. music, film, festivals, corporate functions, theatre, portraiture and until recenrtly, for the last 12 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 & friends.

I exhibit regularly and it is these exhibition works that my site displays in gallery 1.2.3.4.5....along with a gallery of my freelance work