Bio:

I trained in Textile and Fashion Design at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design prior to becoming a Retail Manager for a national company.

 

After several years I realised that I needed to do something more rewarding, so undertook a year Postgraduate Teacher Training at the University of Cambridge. Following that I became a Secondary Art, Design and Photography Teacher and soon after a Head of Department.

 

One of the most fulfilling opportunities I had whilst teaching was to lead Art trips and expeditions abroad and develop a lifelong love of travel and other cultures.  The art, textiles and environments of the UK countryside and other countries, especially Central America/Mexico and Indonesia have had a strong influence on colour, pattern and texture.

 

in 2017 I left mainstream education to concentrate on completing a Masters Degree in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University. Here I further developed my practice using printmaking,  paper engineering and digital media.

 

In 2018 I began lecturing part time in Graphic Design and Illustration whilst working on publications. I was long listed for the Book illustration Competition run by The Folio Society and The House of Illustration and also shortlisted for The World Illustration Awards, Children's books category, new talent! 'Into The Forest' was exhibited at Somerset House, London June 2018. 

 

My first book "into the Forest" was  published with Scholastic UK in October 2019. "Plants and wildlife are depicted with wonderful clarity — the autumnal silver birches are gorgeous — and the pages, including the cover, use intricate laser-cutting to afford peeks at what’s to come. The colours and attention to detail are breathtaking, the overall effect mesmerising." The Financial Times

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I currently work at Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts, where I am Head of Level 3 and 4 Art and Design. 

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