I love the immediacy of being in the landscape and responding to it, dealing with the logistics of transporting materials, climactic conditions and being out on my own and really ‘seeing’ the forms, colours and textures of nature.

Back in the studio, plein air studies are scattered around the walls and often inspire larger works or are transferred onto my porcelain vessels.

Inspired by nature, I look to my surrounds, wandering through the native garden I have planted on our property in Mansfield. Colourful blooms find their way into the studio, arranged in vases I have made. I particularly love the unique shapes of Australian flora