Jardin Botanico de La Concepcion, Malaga, Spain Painting

I am a UK based artist practicing in Sheffield and I am self-taught. I did not engage with my artistic self for nearly twenty years after leaving school. However, in 2008 I realised that it was essential for me to live my life as the artist I knew myself to be within. I recognised that I would need to end my career in the National Health Service to commit to this. This was even before I had found the confidence to pick up my paint brushes again. However, once I did so, my paintings and drawings emerged and continue to develop. Within a year I had held a very fulfilling exhibition with a surgical colleague. By 2011 I was pursuing my art practice full-time. My first solo exhibition in a gallery was held in 2013. My studio is within my home where I enjoy the peace and solitude to work. I also enjoy painting and drawing plein air. My main concerns are with colour, tone and form influenced directly by my interactions with the world around me. In 2014 I undertook a three month residency based in the operating rooms of a hospital in Sheffield where I sat drawing the surgical team at work. My paintings and drawings are held within private and corporate collections within the UK and internationally.