My Sculpture is predominantly in timber and metal. I have been around horses all my life and love to capture horses in my WindWood sculptures. They have been LifeSize works and have been commissioned in bronze too.

I also have Whiteworks, some in limestone, others in concrete. These works are quite surreal.  I have worked in just metal as well, preferring welded steel. I am developing ideas for future horse works all in steel.

I’m not afraid of scale and will work from the smaller maquette to larger than life. My sculpture is challenging and thrilling for me to pursue.

I was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1964.  I have had a love of horses forever! I was forever drawing them. I finally had my own at 13 yrs old. A dream come true! But at 15 yrs my family left Tassie and moved to QLD  in 1979. So a new life started. A lot of drawing and painting.

1992 I moved to Orange NSW.
I kept painting and became interested in ceramics. In 1995 I did a year at Taft in Fine Arts and Design Fundamentals. This year opened my eyes to so much. A teacher there introduced me to sculpture. And it is from there I was hooked! I first worked in clay then went into carving Hebel and then limestone. Then went onto metal.

During these years I was living on a farm, re-married and working with horses most days and other general farm work. I thought I would combine my love of horses into my Sculpture. There was also abundant timber lying around the paddocks that I collected and let dry out before using. I like to think I was recycling an otherwise wasted material too.

Out of all this my timber horses grew.  I still love creating them. I wish to further develop my horse sculpture style into all metal works for the future.

Prizes

Last 13 years People’s Choice Awards:
2010- “Eclipse” timber equine sculpture, Darling Park, Sydney NSW
2012- “Bella” timber equine sculpture, Mahratta, Hornsby, NSW
2014- “Harley” timber equine sculpture, Rockdale, Sydney, NSW
2016- “Illusion” timber equine sculpture, Lagan, NSW
2017- “Illusion” Sculpture in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
2019- “Greylight” timber equine sculpture, Orange, NSW.

Private Commissions last 5 years

2021- life size equine bust “Spirit”, Mittagong, NSW
2019- life size equine bust “McTavish”, Young, NSW
2018- life size unicorn foal “ Merlin”, Lagan, NSW

Public Commissions last 13 years

2010- “Lovers Trance”, concrete & Hebel, Sculpture, Highlands Wines & Gardens, Orange, NSW
2011- “Windsong”, Kinetic Steel Sculpture, Orange Highland Winery, Orange, NSW
2014- “Stix”,  timber equine sculpture, The Fairmont Resort, Leura, NSW
2015- “Bella” Bronze equine sculpture, The Crowne Plaza, Newcastle, NSW