Lesley Dumbrell: Thrum Publisher / David M. Welch She spends her days drawing

She spends her days drawing

After Tova Sullivan's husband died

all using a punch needle pen and embroidery floss

An illustrated biographical chronology charts their intersecting lives and careers

This is everyday self-care and self-love

Lesley Dumbrell: Thrum Publisher / David M. Welch She spends her days drawingLesley Dumbrell (b1941) is one of Australias most remarkable abstract artists. A stalwart of the womens art movement in the 1970s, Dumbrell is known for her sophisticated and lyrical abstract paintings and works on paper. Highly ordered and exactly rendered, her immersive and compelling work transports the viewer into worlds of vibrant rhythm, colour and sensation. As a young woman, Dumbrell was inspired by the writings of Wassily Kandinsky and the