Since 2009 I have built an archive of many originals, limited edition and open edition prints, cards and books all inspired by the landscape as a metaphor for self and the stages of our lives.
I have filled many a sketchbook to develop my layered works in ink, collage and stitch, mixing media and materials to satisfy a tactile touch and a curious mind.
Whilst I raised my family, I sold my work at galleries, art fairs and art trails across the East Midlands. I have fond memories of early morning starts to set up my pitch for the day.
From 2011 I taught workshops in galleries and art centres as well as running two memorable art retreats in 2016 and 2018. I love sharing my ideas and techniques and I learned that I had superpowers in helping others accept their own unique skills as an artist and celebrate those by growing bolder.
In 2018 I launched my first online course and students that I had met at real life workshops made the leap of faith with me for a new journey of seeing me create and talk about my processes. Together we overcame fear of the white page and the fear of making mistakes and filled sketchbooks with texture, pattern, colour and shape.
Some of my archived works are available as prints here.
In 2017 this piece, Red Field, got me a place on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year. Although I went out in the first heat, it gave me confidence in my own creativity and empowered me to share this with others. I still get regular messages from people around the world who have seen me on a repeat of the show and come to say 'hello'.
The development of social media and selling online has given me a global audience that if I think about it too much blows my mind!!
When I am tucked away in my studio on a hill it is lovely to know I have students and followers all around the world interested in what I do and who want to learn from me.
I feel blessed to have a studio I can call my own and take sanctuary in.
I sketch out and about in the landscape and take memories back to the studio to work from. It is where I am surrounded by my favourite books, art materials, music and drawers of collected papers. It is rarely tidy but is full of soul!
In 2026 I moved to rural Derbyshire into a home that looks like the cottages I have spent nearly two decades painting! My studio looks out onto my cottage garden and through the window I see the coming and going of my cats, and the birds that come to collect seed from my herb garden. In the summer the door is open and the light floods in. In winter it gets cold and you'll find me cosy in a hat and scarf. My studio is my workplace, but also my spirit space. Time flies when I'm in the studio - I find it a restorative place to be.
