Inge Doesbury - Fragments, c1995

I was born in Germany, married a New Zealander, and travelled to New Zealand in 1988. I have been living here ever since.

I have been interested in art from an early age. I went to a girl's school where I was taught that women could do anything - nothing was unachievable. My parents supported me to learn subjects that interested me.

In New Zealand I studied what most appealed to me: fine and visual art. I began my career as an artist after I completed my diploma from the Dunedin School of Art: first in printmaking, evolving into multi-media and painting. I have been producing works in my studio, and exhibiting in my gallery, since 1993. I have also taught printmaking for a number of years. Making art is a constant striving to better render my interpretation of the environment and express my worldview.

I paraphrase Shakespeare in giving advice to young women launching their careers:

To your own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
You canst not then be false to anyone. (Hamlet, act 1, scene 3).