Drawing has always played a big part of my life, as a child I spent many hours sketching members of my family and the pet dog and although my parents wanted me to go to art school, I didn’t consider making a career out of it and instead, had a variety of uninspiring jobs as a result. It wasn’t until I married and had children that I completed an A level in art & design at night school, this made me realise just how much I loved art. My career began in 1993 painting commissioned portraits which captured character and personality in pastel.