A bit about me

I've always loved art and photography. I'd spend hours as a kid drawing and painting, with a lot of help from my Dad and its still a shared hobby now. I didn't really like studying art at school as it felt too rigid so I went into the sciences instead. 

In my late 30's my health deteriorated and I had to step away from my career in the environmental sector. Since then I have found myself spending more of my time on my art and learning to improve. I took a leap in early 2024 and joined the Endeavour project at ArtMash (a fantastic place with the most amazing artists!). I'm now on a journey with their support to take my hobby and turn it into a new career that allows me to work a few hours a week around my health. Its a really exciting time for me and I'll be sharing my experiences in my blog, alongside selling my work.  

My art and photography focuses on three subjects. I find the North Devon coast so inspiring and as a result it features heavily in my work. I’m also a big fan of flowers, some straight from my garden or a Devon hedgerow, others more whimsical from my imagination. The final focus for me is birds, particularly birds of prey. I’ve always love photographing them and can’t help but paint them afterwards! All of my feathers collection paintings and most of my seascapes are from my own photo’s as reference images.

All of the work on this website is available as open edition prints. My goal is to share my work as affordably as I can. The original artwork is not for sale yet as it has been created for an exhibition in September but it will be for sale at that point.