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My Inspiration
The native flora & fauna of the wild hills and valleys of Exmoor in North Devon are my home and inspiration. I spend happy hours mixing rich colour palette’s sparked from a particular plant or season.
I feed my imagination through studying the soulful art of Mary Fedden, Tessa Newcomb and Mark Hearld.
Each moment in nature seems to be an unfolding story to me - I love the way bees explore each tube of red clover flowers with careful hand and tongue - magic moments.
My Creative Journey
From my earliest days in outer London, I was surrounded by art. My mum and grandma encouraged me to look closely at the world, and my great aunt, a member of the Royal Academy, inspired me to dream of becoming an artist.
Over the years, my art became more than a passion—it became a way of connecting with nature and expressing the joy I find in the world around me. I am deeply inspired by how art can uplift, tell a story, and spark wonder.
I studied BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting at Falmouth College of Art (1982–1984), creating large-scale landscape paintings influenced by the Romantic traditions of the Cornish art scene. In 1987, I moved to Exmoor with my partner and children, where the moorlands, wildflowers, and ever-changing light became my lifelong inspiration.
In December 2020, I was thrilled to be featured as an Exmoor artist on Channel 4’s Devon and Cornwall TV program.
In 2022, I had the honor of exhibiting with the Royal Society of British Painters at the Mall Galleries in London—a milestone that continues to inspire and motivate my creative journey.
In 2025 I was commissioned by Profile Books to create the cover illustration for the new John Wright nature book, to be published in February 2026.
Through my paintings, linocuts, and greeting cards, I hope to bring the peace, beauty, and magic of nature into your life, one piece at a time.
A Love of Printing
I create joyful landscape and botanical prints, inspired by 20th Century design.
I use the Linocut printmaking process because I love the strong design element that it encourages. My contemporary wildflower prints are decorative, with stylized shapes and a balance of pastel hues and earthy tones.
I have been particularly inspired by the flowing woodblock prints of Eric Ravilious. Also the nature prints of Shiko Munakata 20th Century Japan. Contemporary British artsist Mark Hearld delights with his playful take on nature in print design.
Printmaking in editions puts original art within the reach of many more people and collectors, which is very important to me.
I was honoured to be commisoned by ‘The Slightly Foxed’ quartely publication to make a print for their front cover following in the footsteps of Clare Curtis.
The Joy of Painting
I paint to re-experience and share the feeling of being connected to nature, of being happy.
I paint intuitively holding loosely to drawings and photos that I have made in the landscape. My work is often composed of detailed foreground plants that lead the eye to grazing animals and rolling moorland or coastal scenes.
I combine muted subtle earthy colours with highlights of lilac or pastel yellow. My printmaking style of flat layered patterns or rhythms feeds my painting. The beauty of woodland species and moorland abound.
“Here is the simple enchantment of stopping to gaze, the rapture of briefly losing sense of duty and time.”