Patricia embraced the opportunity to paint a silk parachute. This was an exciting and challenging experience using silk paint.

"When first given the opportunity to paint on the canopy to be hung in Winmalee High School Library ceiling, I jumped in boots and all and without much thought as to how I was going to accomplish this task. It has been a big challenge - maybe the biggest in all my life."

"The canopy is a reflection of my life, the good, the bad and indifferent, and I gained much more in experience and knowledge about myself than I would have thought possible at the start."

The work took between two and three years, with many stops and starts and is now on display in the library of the Winmalee High School, New South Wales.