I started drawing and painting portraits in earnest when I was 13 and won a BBC National portrait competition when I was 15 (UK). I studied “A” level art and art history. Although I studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University I continued painting and drawing and held a successful exhibition during this time. Over the course of my early adult years I worked with online graphic and marketing design. At one point I free-lanced as a street-based portrait artist in Spain and I have commissioned and sold work across the world, having travelled extensively and lived in London, New York, Sydney and now New Zealand. Now that my children have grown I have had more time to resume my painting which I have done with 100% commitment to developing my technique, style and personal voice. I grew up in Birmingham in the West Midlands in England and always longed to be by the sea or a large body of water. I rowed at university and have been involved in the rowing world again with my sons. My life journey has brought me to the South Island of New Zealand where I am close to the beach and can take daily beach walks and swims (in the Summer) as well as seeing the Southern Alps from our home.

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