I’ve been a practising artist for over 30 years. I graduated in Fine Art from Reading University and established my practise in Oxford in the 1980’s, (my first exhibition was in a Travel Agents in 1985...). During the 80’s and 90’s I exhibited work with the support of Wolfson College, Oxford University, and Milton Keynes Arts Trust and took part in several group studio exhibitions. I painted surreal, metaphysical landscapes, inspired by De Chirico and Magritte and Max Ernst.

By the mid 90’s I felt stuck, and I needed a change. I travelled for six months around the USA; I got turned on by stories and landscapes, sound and vision. When I returned, I started to use photographic collage and joined a film co-op. I made short films (dramas and docs and experimental films), and my work was represented by the British Council and funded by Southern Arts. I moved to London and worked for over 20 years in the film industry in education and training. But…. … something was missing, all the while I could feel the pull of painting again. Poetry was missing; film seemed too literal.

I started to paint again in 2013, working weekends, in my kitchen, just after I turned 50. I then spent several years experimenting - figurative versus non-figurative painting; observational versus minimalist work; everything was inspiring. The joy of painting again! I used text, and poetry in my work, started to develop a comic strip. I alternated traditional media with painting digitally, using an iPad with a stylus around 2016, and that started to focus me.

In 2018 I took a self-funded 6-month sabbatical from my job; I had the time and space to settle. I started to make more of painting digitally. I had my first exhibitions since 1993, exhibited in Artist Trails and joined Artist Fairs. In 2019 I left my full-time job, and I have been focused on my practise since then.