I am a Tasmanian. I didn’t realise how Tasmanian I was until I began my journey home in 2005. An old friend had invited me to teach workshops in painting and drawing on the East Coast, just north of Triabunna. I taught once a year and during the third visit in early 2007 I decided to purchase a block of land in Orford, just south of Triabunna. Initially my thinking was to build a part-time studio and come down for the summer. Then my partner saw the block and became quite excited about the area and we decided to build a house and studio complex and move down here more permanently, commuting between Sydney and the East Coast.