Teaching and Learning became my passion through decades of practice within various sectors of the NSW Department of Education. My interest in the Creative Arts and Painting first began in Teachers’ College during Mr Dixon's Art lectures, and my membership of the Art Club at Bathurst TC which is now Charles Sturt University. 

More recently, I have been studying landscape, seascape and portrait painting for nine years through online courses such as the Learn to Paint Academy and Realistic Acrylic Portraits School.