Fabric finder, designer, creator, maker and owner.
Born in New Zealand, I moved to Scotland in 1989 and then to the States in 2000. Art, gardening and sewing have always been part of my life. My creative, rural, upbringing: gardening, milking cows, building fires, and bricolage of all sorts has combined with my constant delight in fashion, a fascination with old fabrics and antiques, a profound concern for the environment, an enjoyment of repurposing, and a love of texture and pattern to create my practice.
I have a BFA in Drawing and Painting and an MFA in Visual Arts and have taught budding artists of all ages. I most recently worked at the New Hampshire Institute of Art for 9 years as faculty, Chairperson of Painting and finally as the Dean of Graduate Studies.