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Where it all started...
Where it all started...
Hi and thanks for being here!
Where to begin?
Like most people, I enjoyed art as a child. I remember going to a friend's house to play but my friends presenting me with a hostess trolley filled with bits of paper and pens and glue etc. I didn't play with anyone that day but spent the time at their kitchen table contentedly creating.
As an young adult I was told not to create and to get a 'real job' instead. So I did!
After my first child my husband bought me a sketchbook and I started scribbling away.
Since then I found lots of sketchbooks from the years between then and now.
I've sketched or painted now every day since 28 April 2019. At first I focused on illustrations and moved to landscapes and flowers. My paintings were colourful and I was drawn to light.
Since then it feels like my artistic tastes and abilities have been on a real journey. I often say that artist's block is a real blessing because it means there is a great change around the corner. Whether technical advancement or, more recently, artistic value changes.
My focus now is on narrative pieces with figures as the central focal point. I'm excited to see where this takes me
The changes in my aesthetic style are closely linked to art I see and my experiences as as artist. I'm inspired by so many artists - too many to mention. But a few of my favourites include:
Sorolla, Sewing the Sail
Waterhouse, A Hamadryad
I have a custom built studio in my garden where I paint (and also carve wood - that's an entirely different story!). You'll find me there giggling along to a podcast or signing along to music whilst painting. I believe that what I listen to directly affects my piece of work so I try not to vary my listening too much if I'm in the middle of a piece.
I've been lucky enough to have won the People's Choice Award for Artit's Floral Artist of the Year 2024. And I appeared on SkyArts' Portrait Artist of the Year in 2025 where Billy Porter chose my painting in an emotional moment where I'm pretty sure I had tears streaming down my face (as did the audience behind me, they tell me).
I've also been lucky enough to exhibit at the Mall Galleries in London as well as many other venues which have generously trusted me to exhibit with them.
I paint because I need to. I share because I want to. I would love to hear from you if you feel the same way. I truly believe that art is all about connection.
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