I just had to paint!  I was four years old and decided to draw a picture on the newly painted dining room wall.  When I was 20 years old, I had the great honour of meeting the Dalai Lama’s brother in Katmandu.  He was a painter and gave me little packets of ground paints, including the precious lapis lazuli.  He was a great inspiration to me.

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Much later I went to Epsom School of Art and then to Christchurch Canterbury where I became a teacher with Art as my major subject.  I also went to Reigate School of Art and Design, obtaining an HND in Fine Art with a distinction, along with a City and Guilds Life Drawing and Creative Drawing Certificates.

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I paint mainly in oils and pastels – I go to a special place, sometimes real, sometimes in my imagination and feel the excitement.  I paint the effect it has on my spirit – the warmth, the sunlight, the feel of rough stone, the smell of cornfields -the lasting memory of sitting, completely absorbed in my canvas.

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Living for a while in the Far East, I experienced the vibrant colours and the spiritual depiction of places I visited. I love painting the feeling and memories left after leaving, sometimes representational, sometimes in abstract form. 

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I have exhibited in many galleries in London, including the Mall Galleries, Llewellyn Alexander, Belaire in Dulwich, the Yehudi Menhuin School and many local places including Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey.

 

I am a founder member of ShedArt and helped to create the Studio in Newdigate. 

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