Art was my favourite subject at high school and I remember promising faithfully to my art teacher to never stop experimenting with art, even though I would be relying on other skills to support me in my career and financially.

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I have been fortunate to be able to play with a wide range of subjects on a large scale with the scene and set painting I have done for our local repertory society.  From Wind in the Willows meadow scenes, to decorating Toad’s gypsy caravan, a cemetery backdrop of Central Park and the New York skyline, cartoon-style scenes, no-man’s land for Blackadder Goes Forth, and the most recent, the Lost Boy’s forest for Peter Pan.  And all on such a giant scale, using house painting brushes, mixing my own colours, and getting the perspective right for a seated, live audience.

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Then shifting to doing my own works in oils, acrylics, ink and pastels.  I love the process, stepping away from the day-to-day, experimenting, getting it just the way I want it to look, having the frustration of it not going as I thought, then working it back again.  Being focused on a subject matter and seeing where it takes me, the ideas that evolve from time spent in nature, around people and places.

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I have also completed commissions, and have been thrilled to see the response when I reveal the finished painting, knowing it is appreciated and is going to a good home.

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Art for me is a creative outlet, a joy, something I love to have around me, and to experience when I’m away from home.