On leaving college with A level art I went to Farnham Art
College to do a Foundation course & decided that
graphic design was what I wanted for a career.
I learned on the job & worked in the industry on a
drawing board with Rotring pens, swapping them for an
Apple Mac when the digital age came!

I had done very little painting other than a few
watercolours in my 20s until I watched Sky Arts Portrait

of the Year & I felt inspired to paint again.

In the mean time I had started my own business running
a silver jewellery shop online www.indigo-silver.co.uk &
whilst working from home was lovely in many ways with
working around the family & coming and going as I
pleased, I really missed the office banter & the company.

I was fortunate to find a local painting group run by a
fabulous artist Jamel Akib with lovely people in an old
barn in December 2016 & here is where I found
my happy place!

I started using acrylic paints for the first time & liked
them straight away... attempting portraits & later animals.

I am now at a stage where I have sold several pieces,
I've shown in a few exhibitions & have completed
several commissions.

I hope you like browsing my gallery.

If you would like to buy or enquire about any pieces

please get in touch via the contact page or give me a call.
Also if you are interested in commissioning a piece of
work I would be happy to discuss & to give a quote.

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