I was born and still live in Cornwall, England. I come from an artistic background, my mother is a cornish painter and my paternal grandmother was a painter in India. I have had no formal training in art & painting.

Over the years I have developed my style, using the difficult and challenging medium of soft pastels. With this, I feel I can express the light, colour, line and moods of the cornish landscape. I also find pastels ideal for portraiture as they create the luminosity in varied skin tones. I have very recently returned to oils, another favourite medium, but will still paint mostly in pastels as I love the pure and delicate luminosity it gives. I have exhibited my work at various venues in cornwall over the last twenty years and have commissions for clients, worldwide. Now that my four children have grown up, I am able to devote more time and energy into my work.

I am inspired by the many different colours of grey in nature, whether stones,rocks, skies or seas and the light and spirituality of a scene will become an obsession that I just have to capture on paper or canvas, especially the dramatic and ever changing Cornish scenery.

I am also greatly inspired by the uniqueness of people from different cultures and backgrounds and find pastels the perfect medium for this.

I have a studio in my new house, where I find the peace and solitude conducive to my work.