I am a full-time mum who paints whenever I have the opportunity, and loves escaping to my dedicated log cabin art studio, turning on the radio and immersing myself in my latest oil painting, whether it be a pet portrait, wildlife or more recently a seascape. 

After attending Rochester Art College I continued painting as a hobby whilst following a career that took me around the world several times by sea and air - for the last twenty years I was cabin crew for a major international airline where I was lucky enough to play with elephants in Nairobi, meet cheetahs in Capetown, and feed chimpanzees in Uganda! These experiences inspired my love of wildlife painting.

Every now and then I enter a national competition and this year am delighted to have won the SAA Amateur Artist of the Year 2023 People's Choice Award and Runner-up prize in the Seascape category, and to have been selected (not hung) in the 2015 David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year competition.

My paintings have appeared in Paint, Artist & Illustrator and The Artist magazines, been on the front cover of a Christmas edition of Paint, and I was invited to demonstrate my painting techniques for Painters Online.

I specialise in capturing the character and personality of an animal and bringing them to life on canvas. My finished work is on my website and my progress and behind-the-scenes activity is published via daily Facebook posts.