Get Inspired: Thoughts, how-to’s & reflections about art, lifestyle and wellness.
“You wake from dreams of doom and.. for a moment.. You know: beyond all the gestures, the only real thing, love’s calm unwavering flame in the half-light of an early dawn.” Dag Hammarskjöld
How to Draw Anyone to You
Always be exciting. When you put in the effort and make something enjoyable or even remarkable, people are more likely to want to be around you.
How to Escape Quarantine: into the Enchanted Forest
Places that you can imagine Titania and her army of fairies inhabiting, frolicking amongst bluebells and mossy hills.
Poem Sunday: Over hill, over dale
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene I [Over hill, over dale] by William Sharespheare
The Principle of Polarity
Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.
Be Your Own Mentor: The Modern Day Warrior
I’m a firm believer that having something or someone to hold us accountable is a sure way for us to succeed. But what about holding ourselves accountable and being your own mentor?
Isolation Creation Self Portrait Series: Parvati
In crazy times like these I feel we all need a little (or a lot) of love, beauty and motherly care - all which gives us strength and courage to follow on with our lives.
How to Handle Rejection: Emotional First-Aid
Just as a person gets a physical injury, like a cut and we know when is the time to get a band-aid or seek medical help, we need to be giving ourselves the same amount of care and attention for emotional wounds.
Design Focus: Top Drawer London 2020
The collection of scarves were designed not only with autumn hues in mind, but also to add timeless styles and elegance, reinterpreted in bright colours.
Wattle Nymphs: Dreamy Antique Aesthetic
Back at home in Australia for the first time over winter and now into spring, I’ve been really excited getting to witness all of the wattle blossoming. As the national emblem of Australia, you can really see why this is when catching a tree in bloom on a cold wintery day.
Poem Sunday: Auguries of Innocence
Poem Sunday is a collection of some of the world’s favourite poems, words that inspire and awaken the imagination.
Antique interiors: Inspiring spaces for peace
In troubling and uncertain times, the tranquility of these images really spoke to me.
Isolation Creation Self Portrait Series: Persephone
Inspired by Jamie Beck’s series of COVID-19 quarantine photographs, I decided to join the movement that’s been sweeping through social media.
Artist Profile: Elisabetta Sirani
Elisabetta Sirani, who was a pioneering Italian artist working during the Baroque era. She is perhaps most well known for her powerful images depicting victims of rape, murdering their attackers.
Fit & Sustainable: Stylish Workout Wear to Get Sweaty About
As the sweat builds I find myself sourcing workout gear that has an impetuous on sustainability. It’s so important these days to be a conscious shopper, especially when it comes to fashion and particularly workout wear.
The Miracle of the Morning
Morning risers have an advantage as society is built around the classic 9-5 workday. And for those who prefer slightly later working hours, it can sometimes feel like we’re being left behind or it’s harder to fit in and are always playing catch up.
Primal Instincts: Foraging
Did you know that agriculture is a ‘catastrophe from which we have never recovered’? Or so said Jared Diamond, quoted from Sex at Dawn…
Becoming Comfortable [With Being Uncomfortable]
Ultimately we all want to be the best versions of ourselves we can be, but during such uncertain times, this can appear to be unreachable due to the challenges we’re all facing in our everyday lives whether emotionally, physically or spiritually.
COVID’s Impact: Hunting and Gathering
This year I’ve had to learn about adapting to change quickly and effectively. Even though I’ve moved A LOT and am usually always travelling, the limitations and restrictions of this year have forced me into finding new ways of adapting to something that is out of my control.
Welcome to the NEW NORMAL
I’m so happy to be sharing this new website with you. It’s an updated portfolio of the work I’ve been busy on from the last few years and beyond.