30/10/2025
I am in such an exciting time of my life (aged 70) as I welcome my next business venture.
Art and dance have been my signature passions for the last thirty or so years, and I am extremely lucky to be able to marry the two together. One of my biggest thrills is painting dancers in action. Once a painting is completed—usually within two songs—I then get to dance as well, albeit covered in paint!
Yes, it’s hard to believe how I can capture moving dancers, but it’s the essence that I manage to convey in that fleeting moment—the joy and bliss I also know as a dancer—that I am able to translate onto the canvas. I have never had a formal art lesson in my life, so what I create is raw and unfiltered.
Another exciting series I love to paint is nightclub scenes. These are my fantasies of the clubs I never attended when I was younger. I’m somewhat of a late bloomer, but I now have the privilege of dancing Brazilian Forró here in Sydney, as well as on my recent trip to Brazil.
I also love painting Burlesque and have returned to my desire to paint live at classical concerts—especially with one particular artist, Abel Selascoe. He is South African, with a passion that equals mine, and that combination would be amazing.
It is, however, extremely difficult to be a collector of my art. The best paintings are often kept by me, and the rest—if not sold—are painted over ,so I can begin again.
Now, back to the story of my latest venture: Ink & Orá.
For the last two years, I explored my art on clothing under the name Pink Caramel, which was both exciting and fulfilling. However, when my manufacturer closed down, I had to take a break.
I thought, “Well, that’s the end of that career,” until a friend visited me recently. She is an organiser for some of the top homes in Sydney, and over lunch she spotted my own vibrant computer bag made by my previous manufacturer.
It was then that the penny dropped—this would be my next venture! She herself had been searching for months for a suitable computer bag and had resorted to keeping her laptop in a blanket.
And so, Ink & Orá was born, with its first product: a vibrant range of computer bags.
Not only can you own a computer bag that truly stands out from the crowd, but there will also be worldwide limited-edition stock.
Watch this space as it all comes to life.
