Having lived in the BMs for over 30 years I draw inspiration from the beauty of the natural environment for my art practice, thus exploring a personal and social understanding of the way visual arts influence beliefs and actions. The motivation for my artwork is to revitalise this connection though art and viewer by evoking an understanding of connection with the natural world as immanent and interdependent. My art practice centres on a social ecology of consciousness that envisions a cultural story relevant to, and in continuity with this South Land of my birth - one which awakens and embodies an indigenous spirit that works with nature on its terms. Personalised 'story' art quilts are another aspect of my work, created in response to individual lived experiences and values, or to commemorate special moments or different stages of life. Examples can be viewed on my blogspot, describing the evolution of the creative processes involved as they were occurring. https://soulseasonsquilts.blogspot.com Often created as a series, each textile art wall-hanging is unique and uses a wide range of fabric types for collage and applique, using machine and hand stitching to sketch details and effects. My most recent exhibition was at Braemar House, the Hub upstairs Gallery: https://soulseasonsquilts.blogspot.com/2025/03/staying-alive-threads-in-time-braemar.html My PhD, completed in 2011, investigates the creative process as a means to re-imagine the lived experience of a sense of place, explored through the textile art quilt genre being used by other art quilters. https://drive.google.com/file/d/18UVo7EK5g_KJONiOi_NShYBVavMB8hkN/view?pli=1