I fell off the trampoline yesterday, filling my cardigan (and my hair) with leaf debris. The ground was further away than 42 years of spatial awareness prepared me for, and as I rolled, air heaved from my lungs, producing a deep grunting sound.

My ten-year-old daughter stared, then asked what I was doing. 

Just doing life.

Big, beautiful, punch-you-in-the-face, awe-inspiring, magical, hilariously heartbreaking, incredible life.

 

I follow curiosities.

I put a word next to another. I picked up a coloured pencil. I slung a camera around my neck and started walking. I began a conversation. There is no more to what I do.

I fall off trampolines because curiosity draws me up there.

I am a self-taught mixed media illustrator.

I write picture books for adults.

I have been a visual creator for twenty-two years. Honours I’ve had include:

  • Founding two stationery brands; Boots Paper and Dear Frankie.

  • Shooting lifestyle editorial of famous Australian actors and musicians for magazine and media publications.

  • Designing at MIFGS (Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show), and featuring as ‘Advice Expert’ for Home Beautiful magazine.