I trained as a watercolourist , completing a four year HND in scientific illustration and later a level 4 botanical illustration qualification.
However life and children came and it has taken me 24 years to finally get time to dedicate to my art!
In 2024 I took the leap and finally got myself a studio and dedicated my whole time to my art.
I enjoyed watercolour but after a class in acrylics and some research online I decided to try BAS relief plaster work.
Which I have totally fallen in love with.
The process starts with a collection of carefully selected natural subjects , impressed into clay then cast to plaster.
I love the fact that these castings are a ‘time capsule’ of a season or habitat . Like fossils. Collected and rendered even after the flowers and the day has faded.
My work is mostly botanical, but satisfying my love for beach-combing its also coastal.
Collecting 'Flotsam and Jetsam' to carefully curate interesting compositions, to reflect the beautiful Suffolk coasts and rivers I live near to.
