Lifetime artist, painter and printmaker. Studies at Brighton University, Open College of the Arts, Sussex University. Member of Brighton Painting Group, and the Society of Sussex Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers (SSP) acting as Secretary.

Hoping to develop further my acrylic painting en Plein air, and enjoy working in my new studio.

                   "Woodingdean Sunset" (50 cm x 20cm, unframed, started from a Plein air oil pastel line sketch

                                      and finished in studio,  (£150). Selected for exhibition in

                               The Artist and Leisure Painter (TALP) 2023 Patching's exhibition.

              "Devil's Dyke Woods" (Plein air painting 60 x 40cms, acrylics on canvas, £120 unframed.)          

                       "Devil's Dyke" (acrylic on canvas board, unframed, Plein air painting, 30.5 x 25 cms) £100

                        "Devil's Dyke Sunset" Acrylic on canvas, framed, Plein air painting 30 x 21 cms, £127

                                     "Shoreham" (acrylics on canvas board, unframed, Plein air painting 51 x 40 cm) £100

                            "Sun in my Garden"  (acrylics on paper, 40 x 27.5 cms) £100

                                             Painted en Plein air.

                                                     Winner of The Society for All Artists Award 2021.

I have taught a small watercolour class in my house most weeks between 2011 and 2018.

I love to help people with their art, and share my enthusiasm for painting.

I have exhibited in Fiveways Artists Open Houses in the 1990's, had exhibitions in Lancing Library, Michelham Priory, Oxmarket Centre (Chichester), been published in "An Introduction to Painting Flowers" by Elisabeth Harden (The Apple Press 1994 ISBN 1-85076-536-7) and cover/inside illustration for "Coffee Wisdom" by Theresa Cheung (Conari Press 2003 ISBN 1-57324-865-7). I have completed various private commissions, and paint and sketch regularly most days. I have Certificates in Art and Printmaking from the University of Brighton, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Sussex.

I am a member, and Secretary, of the Society of Sussex Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers (SSP), and a member of Brighton Painting Group (BPG).

I am also a retired freelance writer of scientific and medical book indexes since 1994.

(Advanced Member of the Society of Indexers; BSc(Hons) Biological Sciences; PGCE)

Winner of Caran D'Ache Award

The Artist and Leisure Painter Patchings Exhibition 2020

Highly Commended Award in The Artist and Leisure Painter 2022 Awards