When I did my Primary Teacher Qualification through Lismore T.C. and then my B.Ed. through Wollongong University, I majored in the Creative Arts, including pottery, enameling, metal work, textiles and puppetry. This started me on the road of teaching Creative arts to Stage three students and to developing my own painting skills both in Water colour and acrylics. I have participated in many workshops including a number of week-long schools both at Sturt and previous to that, at Mitchell Campus in Bathurst. Also, a number of weekend workshops at the Bowral Art Society. I have attended tutorials on a weekly basis, run by excellent teachers at Bowral. Now retired, I enjoy working in my home studio.