I was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and travelled widely before coming to study Art and Art History in Oxford in 1985. I settled in west Oxfordshire. At college I worked in drawing and dry media, printmaking and paperworks, but never in paint. I taught myself to paint much later.

My ‘natural’ medium is watercolour, but I also
use acrylics, acrylic inks, gouache and printmaking using the drypoint technique. Vibrant colour is a cornerstone of my work.

I especially like making hand-painted maps which I began exploring in 2010. Maps are a neat way of expressing very complex ideas.  

My influences include my worldwide travels, van Gogh, Gauguin, Hockney, Matisse, and 17th century Dutch and Flemish artists.