About

I paint the landscapes and wildlife around me. My media for working en plein air are watercolour and pastel. For my studio works, I use mixed media on canvas. My style is dynamic, using both traditional and innovative media and techniques. Having taken an Honours degree in Natural Science (Zoology) at Saint Hilda's College, Oxford, I have always maintained an interest in natural history and this informs my art. 


My most exciting years were spent in the paradise that was then the Solomon Islands, where I painted the magnificent, pristine rainforests, mangroves and the Coral Sea. I have included a few of these works from my Solomon Islands Journals in one of the Galleries on this website. I met my husband there, in Honiara, Mike Bowman: mariner, chef, jeweller and restorer of steam locomotives. After returning to leave in Southern England and then Shetland, we eventually ended up on a strip of woodland and seasonal wetland in Humpty Doo, South East of Darwin. 


Among the many tutors, formal and informal, who have influenced me, I would like to thank (in chronological order) my Mother, Jane Worsnop (nee Ambler) who taught me; Miss Hardy at Oxford High School, William Bird and John Newberry in Oxford, various tutors at the City Literary Institute in London; Frank Haikiu in Solomon Islands, Tony Smibert and Judith White in Australia; and more recently, Dr Sarah Simblet of the Ruskin School of Art at Oxford. 


I am passionate about adult education and active participation in art. I believe that we can all draw and paint, it is part of being human. I offer watercolour, pastel and drawing classes in Darwin and private tuition.  Please contact me if you would like to know more.


Exhibitions, Awards, Residencies

  • Silver - joint exhibition with Mike Bowman DVA, 2022
  • Treescapes - Darwin Visual Arts, 2021
  • Palaeo Art Prize - Flinders University Palaeontology Society, 2021
  • Requiem for a Landscape - Darwin Visual Arts, 2019
  • In the Dry - Wetland Artists group exhibition - Darwin Visual Arts Association 2018
  • Waterfalls to Waves - Wetland Artists 2018 - Tactile Arts Gallery, Darwin
  • Pastel Progression - solo retrospective - DVAA Gallery, Darwin 2018
  • Top End Edge, 4 Artists from Darwin 2017 – exhibition at Disorder Gallery, Sydney
  • Artists at Fogg Dam - group exhibition - curator, exhibitor, 2016
  • Artist at Fogg Dam – artistic residency 2015-16
  • Kingfisher - Katherine Art Prize, 2015 
  • Bush Apple Flowers - Brisbane Art Extravaganza, Highly Commended, 2016
  • Wings - solo exhibition at Framed, the Darwin Gallery, 2015
  • Artist in the Park residency- Territory Wildlife Park, 2015 
  • Beyond the Familiar - group exhibition at Framed the Darwin Gallery, 2014 
  • How far have we come? - Rights on Show - Highly Commended for, 2013 
  • Tropical Voices - solo exhibition, Framed, the Darwin Gallery, 2013
  • 4 Artists 4 Nature – group exhibition, CCAE Gallery, Darwin, 2012
  • Artist in the Park residency - Territory Wildlife Park, Darwin 2011
  • Shadows & Reflections - solo exhibition at Framed, the Darwin Gallery, 2011 
  • 10 Territorian Frogs - Wyndham Estate Plate Competition, 2010 
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