Instead, I was raised in the coastal town of Wollongong with my parents and younger sister Laurie.
We spent a great deal of time on family holidays in the Australian bush where I developed a closeness to nature that I still express in much of my art.
Like many artists, I started drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil, but it wasn't until much, much later that I'd decide to become an artist professionally (I had always figured it'd be a hobby, and I'd be a millionaire vet, author and horse trainer...I may have been a tad overly optimistic).

After leaving highschool in 2002, I focused on my art partly because I didn't know what else I wanted to do. As I improved, people wanted to buy my artwork, and so I found myself hurtling down the path of being an artist before I'd made the conscious decision to do so.

Now, I've been lucky enough to have my artwork find its way all over the place, such as CCG games, book covers, greeting cards and other items in various countries.

Creating is, and always has been, a real need for me, in much the same way eating and sleeping are needs....except that you can ignore eating and sleeping for at least a little while.
In 1996, I was diagnosed with depression, and while I try not to let it lead my life, I find that my artistic influences and style fluctuate along with my mental state. I've found creating to be extremely cathartic, however.
Though at the same time, extremely frustrating.
Inspiration is a fickle thing, and sometimes thinks it's hiliarious to jump ship just when I need it most.

My fingers just find it hard to sit still.

My need to create isn't limited to art, though - when I'm not painting, I'm often knitting or crafting something else. Though my artwork is primarily digital these days, I try (somewhat unsucessfully these days) to keep myself reasonably varied with medium, using graphite, acrylic, pen and ink and sculpture occassionally also.

Currently, I still live in Wollongong with my musician partner Seth, and a small menagerie of strange creatures (I can't help it, animals just invite themselves into my home!).

If you have a desire to read more, please do so at my webjournal here. That's also the best way to hear what i'm working on currently.

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