'Bouquet Slice' Painting

I grew up on my parents riding school in Gloucestershire where I enjoyed an idyllic chiIdhood riding ponies, daydreaming and continually drawing all our family animals. I would spend hours admiring and trying to copy the works of Beatrix Potter and I developed, and still relish, my deep love of nature and a sense of enduring connection to the countryside. I now live deep in rural Herefordshire with my husband Mark, our two children Martha and Archie and our three dogs Henry, Lucy and Nellie. My work as an animal portrait artist keeps me constantly busy but whenever I get time I love to throw myself into private work where I can spread my creative wings. I love working in oils and enjoy capturing atmosphere in my paintings with occasional forays into surrealism. As well as working in oils I love to work with Caran D'Ache water soluble crayons, which I have been using since I was a little girl. I love the work of Mike Worrall, Gustav Klimt, Peter Blake and many others.