I love paint. There are so many variations of it, and anyone can have fun with it - that's what keeps pulling me back. I'm also a sucker for anything from the impressionist movement, all that colour and visible brushwork and light, and closer to home I love the work of Melbourne artist Mia Pensa. One of her animal paintings on our wall is the dream!

I properly fell for making my own work at about 25, when Mum and I started taking adult art classes together - even though she could easily have been running them. Learning the fundamentals again as an adult was such a joy. I've since taught art in a primary school classroom, and now here at Go Go Art, which I started because I wanted local kids to have a space of their own to make things in, without any pressure to be "good at art."

What I love most about teaching kids is their curiosity and the way they don't overthink it. They enjoy the process as much as the finished piece, and they never hold back. Outside the studio you'll find me outdoors with the family - the park, the beach, or out on the bikes - at a pilates class, or wandering the NGV, which never gets old.