My first exhibition was in 1987 and I sold various figurative paintings and pastels. I then travelled and lived in the Sierra in Spain where I made the leap to express in a more abstract way. After having my children I started teaching Art and Design to adults in 1997 with the last twenty years of my teaching career happily co-running a Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design until I retired in 2023. I gained a Master of Arts in 2002.