I started life as a secondary school art and design teacher and later became a freelance artist. I am also a Yoga and Ayurveda Therapist and I find that when I paint, it completely absorbs me, much like a meditation. With a passion for dogs and other animals I totally immerse myself in the whatever I am painting and enjoy bringing my subject matter to life. I enjoy limiting my palette to the primary colours; using two particular reds, yellows and blues to create all the colours I need for a painting. I love the harmonious effect and the lovely watercolour 'feel' that this achieves.

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I tend to use mixed media these days to achieve the illustrative look I'm aiming for. I have always been able to achieve a good likeness, but I want more than that now. I expect my pictures to have individual character and by utilising watercolour, pastels, acrylics and sometimes collage, I find I can bring something more to an image than merely a photographic likeness. 

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I can reproduce anything that you like; pets, people, places and anything else that is dear to you and that you would like to capture for your own enjoyment or perhaps give as a gift to someone you love.

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Each picture that I paint can be reproduced as a high quality digital image that can be printed to provide the artwork for business cards and merchandising, personal greetings cards and much more. Recently, customers have asked to me design products that showcase their original artwork, to promote and use within their businesses and in their home life as Christmas and birthday cards, personal stationary etc.