Creativity and country have always been part of my life. As a child our family had a farm at Lansefield Victoria and now, married to a farmer, we have a working property in Western Victoria breeding prime lambs.

 

My career has involved working on the creative side of advertising , teaching, publishing and being absorbed in academic studies, completing a PhD at Monash University. The thesis titled Women of the Landschaft: How Creativity Articulates this Reality can be searched through  

 

 

In many ways I consider myself  a visual ethnologist where images are supported by research and data, often setting the context for  information. 

 

If the primary purpose of art is to enhance our awareness of the true nature that surrounds us, ‘by holding a lens up to the world through which we see a refracted reality that is normally concealed from our everyday perception,’ then the effectiveness of my photographs will raise questions and consciousness about farm, land, culture and place and give a visibility and voice to people in country Victoria.

 

At present I am continuing to document and photograph country identities and their stories. I am always on the look out for amazing characters.