An early career in retail management, marriage and raising two children, I then achieved a Designer Maker degree (BA Hon’s) in my mid-thirties.

By that time I had already been working successfully with paints on silk and, following my formal studies, my interests expanded across various media and subject matter.

Many of my inspirations stem from my detailed Macro photography of the natural world. I am fascinated by the wealth of colours and textures nature provides, having lived near Dartmoor for many years. Movement -Texture-Colour these are the main elements I look for in my landscape painting, natural patterns with their wonderful colour mixes always excite and surprise me.

My love of flowers is apparent in the detail of my floral portraits.

I has recently moved into my own studio in the wonderful grounds of Cockington Court, Torquay where I am able to sit and paint most days.