[1] She began painting while living and working in Waikato, where her husband was a farmer.
[3][2] After the summer school she returned to Waikato, later moving to Hamilton, and then Auckland.
[5] Influenced by the style and composition of Northern Italian and Renaissance art, she became known in New Zealand as a realist figurative painter.
[5] Her works often challenge political correctness and contain barbed humour or shafts of discomfort.
[4] Notable works include: An All New Zealand Enterprise 2 (c. 1983);[6] The Birth of Adonis, or Portrait of three prominent men, or The Kiwi cup of tea (1981);[7] Moa summer (c.