I was born in  Blackpool and the sea has a strong influence on  my work having spent a great deal of my childhood on the beach chasing my grandad’s donkeys!

I originally trained as teacher of English and Drama and was self taught as an artist. After working in a women’s prison with inmates with mental health problems I found that art was a great way to communicate with the women  and help to build their self esteem; then went on to use art as a primary means of bringing education and hope to different groups of adults and young people.

I left teaching in 2005 to devote myself full time to my own art and to work in partnership with my husband Paul in the studio and on decorative and trompe l’oeil commissions around the world.



Exhibited:

Leeds City Library, 2005 (group show)

The New Unitarian Church Todmorden, 2005, 2006,2007 (group shows)

Hebden Bridge Library, 2005 (group show)

Staithes gallery 2007 (photographs)

Open Studios, Luddenden, 2007

Installation, July 2007 Luddenden, Midgley Open Gardens

Staithes Gallery, North Yorkshire, March 2008 (group show)

Arts Festival Gallery, Hebden Bridge, April 2008 (2 person show)

Staithes Gallery North Yorkshire August 2008

Mytholmroyd, Ted Hughes Festival, October 25th -  October 28th 2008

 

Recent Decorative Work;-

see 'The World of Interiors ' November 2008, Nicky Haslam's Swish Chalet,

 and 'The World of Interiors' March 2007 Picture Perfect, page151-