“My career has always combined a strong creative process, from development, writing and editing, to my art. It wasn’t until my daughters were out of nappies however, that I joined a studio and picked up where I’d left off. It was like a re-birthing experience.

“My works are truly expressionistic - from my barely-there landscapes, to my pure abstract works. Each line, painted, drawn or scratched out, spontaneously creates the composition; although there is an element of intuition that also leads - so the accidental plays a delicate role. Often my works change direction in that quest for balance of line and tone.

"I use washes in some works combined with bridging and layering. Placement of colour is important to me for visual shifting or that element of surprise. In my portraits, I have drawn in charcoal and then used an oil glaze to distort and abstract.

"Born in South Africa and having lived in Australia for 24 years, I do have a passion for where the sky meets the horizon line and this is apparent in my more figurative works. My works encompass a life-time of passion for the arts and are my self-reflections. My joy is for others to associate with my works on some level."

EXHIBITIONS:
The Curtis Gallery, Balmain – joint exhibition 2003
Orson & Blake – solo exhibition 2004
The Watch House Gallery, Balmain – joint exhibition 2005
The Artists Gallery, Katoomba – solo exhibition 2005
Art Sydney 2005
The Artists Gallery, Katoomba – solo exhibition 2006
The Watch House Gallery, Balmain – joint exhibition 2006
Art Melbourne 2006
Art Sydney 2006
Global Gallery, Paddington – joint Abstract Show 2006

Art Singapore 2006
Shapiro Joint Show, March 2007
Newington Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park - joint show October 2007
NSW Parliament House, - joint show January 2008

Seeger Gallery joint exhibitions, February 2008

Art Sydney 2008

Newington Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park - joint show November 2008

The Event Horizon Gallery, Katoomba - Group Show, March 2009
Gaffa Gallery, Surry Hills, joint established and emerging textile designers June 2009

The Edge, The art of seeing, October 2009

Artfest, Wentworth Falls, October 2009
Gaffa Gallery, Surry Hills, joint established and emerging textile designers June 2010
Artfest, Wentworth Falls, October 2010 
Art Sydney 2010
Desert Reflections, Tali Gallery, November 2010

Sophie works on painting commissions and has works in private collections throughout Australia, in South Africa, the US, UK, Denmark and Singapore.

Projects: Sophie works on design concepts collaborating with other artists - her Indigenous rug range is distributed nationally through The Rug Collection; and her arthouse fabrics are developed with the design group, The Eco Collective.  
 

Sophie's other involvements:

*  Partner in Lizard Management Agency - Illustration - Surry Hills, Sydney

*  Executive Director of BMAC - The Blue Mountains Artists Company
*  Advisory Committee member for upcoming Regional Gallery and Intercultural Centre in The Blue Mountains
*  Interior designer - residential and boutique commercial

*  Member of the Design Institute of Australia