Happy 5th Valentine’s Day to all my family and friends… another red rose this year is added to my basket. Can’t believe I have survived 5 years! What a ride it has been and what amazing & creative people and family I have met along the way! You know who you are and I couldn't have done it without you....

And to the surgical/chemo/radiation pioneer patients (bravest crash test dummies ever) & those whom I have met on my journey that are now gone... RIP knowing that I am living life to the fullest and will continue to do so in honour of you.... I love you.

Five Red Roses….for Five Years Survival….Still can’t wait till I have 20!

No doubting it was worth the wait. Annealing process is over and “Aquatic” has been buffed and polished into her beautiful final finish ready for exhibition. This is just a glimpse of her true beauty.

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I think I am in love…..!

As I see it this was the perfect time to have some one-on-one time with the great Sallie Portnoy and introduce myself to a beautiful new sculptural medium…. GLASS!

The whole sacrificial clay model, plaster moulding, fibre glass reinforcement, firing and annealing process of liquid glass sculptures reminds me a little of my life over the past five years.

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Some choose to be lost to the fire, but others are tempered by it!

Panda eyed, ... she laments,

Hours lost, and ill-spent...

No longer Cinderella, prim & proper,

Bet she told her Dad a Whopper...

All dressed up, high heels so fine,

For a taxi, she waited in line...

Friday, friends and fancy plans,

Drinking shots got out of hand...

Fuzzy facts not quite in reach,

A naked guy ... who called her peach...

Recollection of actions taken,

Blurred & disjointed … now awaken...

A boozed-up night, all turned bitter,

Shared no doubt on Facebook & Twitter...

The fairy tale has been distorted,

Unseemly behavior as well reported...

With still a wobble in her gait,

Shoeless for a cab she waits...

A best friend is lost forever,

Her drinking choice was not so clever…

Confused the hour… dusk or dawn?

Discarded stiletto, on the sand forlorn ...

An outcome she did not perceive...

Equality of the sexes ... now almost achieved...

Sadly, not by male drink reduction ...

But … increased female alcohol consumption!

I don’t pretend to understand the internet or cloud data storage (and yes Rick I know you are already rolling your eyes) but it seems to me that if I am up in the clouds for two hours +/- I should get a glimpse of something….. Well guess what…. Not a jolly ‘bite’ of data to be seen for the whole trip from Gold Coast to Sydney. Zilch, zip, nix, nothing, zero.... and no not the Xero data I was looking for. Me thinks we are all being taken for one big ride!

Material Thinking... Task #2 ….. such an amazing learning curve with this 3D repair job … and a High Distinction to boot! A total brain fry - have been struggling with the rough scan of a damaged gargoyle for several years now and finally cracked it with ZBrush's powerful new version 4R8.

My first Uni project….. so much fun to do and I got a Distinction on top!

Introducing my first bronze….. “Eliza’s Pregnant Pause” from my Eliza Series.

Forged in Flames….No SPF 50+ for this little lady….

Thought my days of schooling were done and then one day in blew Gaia, a wonderfully flamboyant young lady who came to visit my studio to kill some time and then fell in love with my sculptures…..

Well….what a breath of fresh air she is!!…

She’s blown all the cobwebs out of my attic and voila two & a half months later here I am a Post Graduate Student at UNSW A & D (COFA) doing my Master of Arts by Course Works degree with one Distinction under my belt…..

Yes you heard me right and no I’m not on drugs (well other than the ones that are supposed to be busy killing off my cancer)…. Who would have believed it!!!

I’m branching out in all sorts of directions and exhibiting all over the place and working in all sorts of new mediums - bronze, plasticine, wax, acrylic etc. So much fun and so busy!

First day off in months & I woke to a double chorus of f…ing crickets – one from my old Iphone and one from the new Iphone I picked up yesterday….ooops…ID10T error AGAIN!

Improvement followed… invitation to breakfast at the beach and a trip to the new Bangaroo forshore with my lovely husband, a great park at the top of the hill when we arrived and the perfect opportunity for us both to test out the photographic capabilities of our new Iphones.

Sooooo many beautiful vistas to choose from during a leisurely stroll around the shoreline - our city is certainly coming of age!

I came upon a single seagull resting on the wharf…….now if I can just sneak up on him slowly I might get a good in-flight shot as he takes off…. And yes you guessed it SHIT HAPPENS!

& Breaking Through…. A short morning walks worth of lovely!

By hook or by crook…and by whatever means necessary, be they foul or fair, I WILL spend time in my Studio Nook this weekend…

Yay…..it’s raining…bugger the washing… Studio here I come!

In the words of a song introduced by Carol Channing in the original 1949 Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,

Whilst in my youth these words would elicit fantasies of a diamond proposal made on bended knee by the man of my dreams wanting to marry me, they now have me dreaming of an entirely different scenario…. the delivery of my latest order of sintered diamond sculpting tools by a total stranger who only wants my signature.

Yes you guessed it……

Industrial Diamonds are now this girl’s best friend!

Yes this is my favourite tea cup and no I didn’t buy it for myself!

Okay so maybe this page title should have been “Me To A TEE!”

Short and Sweet Today!….

From my "Point of View" series, these three beautiful ladies carved in various natural stones from all around the world (including Australia) are champing at the bit to be freed from their confined living quarters on a wooden pallet in my studio.... Certainly no place for a lady!

Most assuredly they would make the perfect Christmas gift for someone very special or a glamorous addition to a commercial lobby space.

$2,000.00 from the sale of each of these beautiful Australian Sculptures will be donated to a Breast Cancer Charity of your choosing (either McGrath Foundation or National Breast Cancer Foundation)

Contact me if you are interested.....

I am a Phoenix rising from the ashes, taking in the glorious fresh air of life. Staring death in the face up close & personal gave me new perspective. I treasure the simplest of things; a friend’s smile, the lengthening gap between Oncologist visits, the words “How was your day today Ma Bear?” & my laptop.

As with most things computer, I am self-taught…. Scary thought I know…. My "IT guru" tried to help me over the phone, saying; “go to the top of the tree”, “you’ll find it in the root directory” & “in the pull down menu”… Basically, I had no idea what he was talking about & he may as well have been giving me directions to a restaurant in a rainforest for all I knew.

Yes I know some of you say my Blog has been a long time coming but let’s face it this is a work in progress & I have had more important things on my plate demanding my full and utter attention for the last couple of years.

Now is absolutely perfect timing for me & my blog….

Cheers & welcome to my BLOG.

Here you will find me hard at work...

Hmmmmmmm..... no... that's not entirely true... if I am to be absolutely honest with myself, you will find me hard at PLAY in the most glorious way... expressing myself artistically in a work space surrounded by my beautiful family (pets & girlfriends included)..... soul soothing stuff of legends!

I will share with you my thoughts (welcome or otherwise), introduce you to my new sculptures as they are progressing in my studio and may even give you a sneak peek at some of my poetry and photography.... well that is the plan anyway...

Who knows where this blog will take us but I am up for it...

I suggest you buckle up and hold on tight….EJNOY THE RIDE!