In 1985, while studying at City Art Institute in Sydney, I began my own discovery of life drawing. Learning to draw from a model was fundamental to every aspect of art practise. I was completing my BA degree in Fine Art at that time. When it was finished, I travelled back to London and with the support of my family spent a year in the life drawing studio at Byam Shaw School of Arts.

This was the most concentrated time I spent with life models. It was wonderful to be so immersed.. I was honing a skill. On my return to Sydney in 1989, I continued life drawing on a weekly basis at Brandling St studio in Alexandria. As of 2023, I returned to monthly life drawing sessions at the SERVO Bar in Port Kembla NSW .Portraits have also been a constant in my life. My curiosity into self-enquiry was what drove me and the studies of close friends and family.