Artist blog

This artist's blog covers everything from important news, artistic inspiration, and just general thoughts on life. My favourite topics of conversation are art history, greek mythology, gender equality and personal development. My writing has an arty, feminist spin because that's just the way I roll.

Mar 8, 20195 min read

Why women have less superannuation and what you can do about it

Being an accountant, I can't help but be a super nerd. Currently women are retiring with 47% less superannuation than men. It’s no surprise.

Dec 12, 20184 min read

The case against rape

Laws were invented by men for men, to protect their property. They were not created to protect the rights of women, children and those witho

Nov 18, 20186 min read

Jan Ader, the artist who cried crocodile tears

I’m Too Sad to Tell You is a three-minute bl&w silent film of the artist, Bas Jan Ader, crying.

Oct 12, 20182 min read

Where to buy affordable art in Melbourne & beyond

Want to know where to find affordable art in Melbourne? Many people feel intimidated to walk into a gallery so I've made it easy for you

Sep 2, 20186 min read

Alice steals hearts at ACMI

The exhibition charts the evolution of Alice from the written page, to theatre, film and animation, highlighting cinematic advancements

Jul 20, 20181 min read

Curiouser & Curiouser: Opening night

Thanks to everyone who attended our opening event last night at Steps Gallery. It was a great turn out and a super fun night. See the photos

Jun 10, 20184 min read

Hsieh Tehching: the artist who lived like a homeless person in the name of art

Tehching Hsieh’s Outdoor Piece was created in the post-modernist period but is modernist

Apr 11, 20186 min read

Fairy tales transformed through the work of artists

Fairy tales excite our imagination and ignite our darkest fears. So it is was with high expectations that I visited the summer exhibition at

Mar 2, 20184 min read

Conceptual contempt: the rise of invisible art

Invisible art has a distinctive non-visual emphases, or one might say an emphasis on nothing. Usually, a believer of less is more,

Aug 4, 20174 min read

Is the MCG a tribute to our patriarchal society?

Is the MCG a tribute to our patriarchal society? A brief history of women and the MCG.

Jul 18, 20175 min read

Welcome to the Gender Gap

t's hard to believe that in this day and age there still exist young, well-educated Australians who don't believe there is gender pay gap.

Jun 20, 20173 min read

How to survive without fashion

Franca Sozzaniwas was famously quoted as saying: I know a lot of people who buy fashion. know, perhaps, only two people who have style.

Mar 15, 20175 min read

My year of not buying clothes (so far)

Did you know that Australians are the world's second largest consumers of textiles, buying on average 27 kilograms of new clothing each year

Jan 31, 20176 min read

Defining the stages of a modern woman’s life

Klimt's depiction of Three Ages of Women encompasses Playful Child, Sexy Seductress, Good Mother and Wise Older Woman.

Jan 31, 20173 min read

What's wrong with feminist art?

Trailblazers of the feminist art movement included Yoko Ono, Vivenne Binns and Judy Chicago.

Dec 7, 20164 min read

The price of being a woman

You may know me as an artist but I'm also an accountant (yes, strange I know) and nothing upsets me more than monetary gender inequality.

Oct 22, 20164 min read

My very own artist manifesto

I've decided to write an artist manifesto. I briefly considered writing an artist memoir but decided they’re old news.