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About Me

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I trained in Natural History Illustration at the Dyfed College of Art in Wales  (1988-90). Then went on to illustrate a variety of books and was with the SGA Illustration Agency for 10 years.
Clients have included - Letts Educational Publishing, Scholastic Books, Autumn Publishing, Dominie Press, WHS


After some 'time off' to have a family I  decided that the fast paced life of an illustrator, wouldn't really gel with family life. So I decided to  become  a freelance artist, so I  could have more control over my work and not be at the mercy of publisher's deadlines . I have  been working on private commissions, and paintings for galleries and exhibitions.

In 2018  I was delighted to win the Christopher Parsons Award for Artistic Excellence at The International Wildlife Art Society. Christopher Parsons OBE was head of the BBC Natural History Unit from 1979-'83. It was him along with Sir David Attenbough that bought 'Life on Earth' to out TV screen in 1979. The award consists on completing  four painting that have a theme running through them, I   was so pleased to win this award especially as it was judged by leading wildlife artist Pip McGarry who commented that my  work was ' A sublime collection of four paintings that filled the criteria on every level. A well deserved winner of this category'.


I have recently been taken on by 'Image by Design ' a licencing agency that deals mainly in decorative art for the greetings card market, and was thrilled to have some paintings licenced for the WWT a charity that is very close to my  heart .

I  was extremely flattered to be asked to be 'Artist in Residence' at the beautiful Nature in Art Museum /Gallery in Gloucester in 2017 and again in 2019 .


GALLERIES

Obsidian Gallery  www.obsidianart.co.uk/ 

VK Gallery   www.vkgallery.co.uk/

ART SOCIETIES

 Petersfield Arts and Crafts Society petersfieldartsandcrafts.org.uk/

TWASI twasi.com/


​AWARDS


Christopher Parsons Award for Artistic Excellence 2018 at the TWASI Exhibition at Nature in Art. twasi.com/exhibitions/

ART RESIDENCY

Nature in Art Museum June 2017
Nature in Art Museum  Nov 2019  
natureinart.org.uk/

LICENCING  AGENT

Image by Design www.ibd-licensing.co.uk/

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