Artist's Drawing and Inspiration

Art is the Beauty of Life

My earliest memory of gaining great satisfaction from art was at the age of five when I won my first drawing competition with a drawing of a tulip flower in the local newspaper. I was born in Victoria but now live in beautiful Hervey Bay, Queensland. As a teenager I spent most of my spare time escaping into a drawing. At age 15 I applied for and was accepted into a commercial art course, but as with many budding artists, I was discouraged from pursuing a career in art. At the age of 40 my love for art was renewed when I decided to experiment with painting and discovered I could

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