My paintings illustrate my emotions, or those of other people. I sometimes use my photographs for inspiration and other times I just paint straight onto the canvas with no plan. So, you could say I work in a spiritual way, as often I do not know the meaning of the painting, or what it is reflecting until a while after it is finished. Looking at a beautiful painting can actually reduce stress levels and even raise your mood. This can help you tremendously, especially through particularly difficult times during your life. I also represent the green and the growing around me, wherever I go. Visual stimulation has long been known to have beneficial effects on health. I hope to capture what is in your heart and soul, so that you can meditate to unravel your problem or basque in the peace it may bring you. When you walk near a waterfall, up a mountain or on a beach, it is clear that this is so much better for you, and it always seems to lift your spirits. Did you know that the air in these areas is rich in negative ions that have been shown to increase serotonin, the mood enhancing hormone, in the brain? That’s why you really do feel better in these environments and not just because the poets and painters tell us we should. Some visual stimulus can have the same effect. The aim of my paintings is to enable people to re-focus their lives, to hopefully re-create themselves, and even perhaps experience a growth and sometimes a re-birth.

My mother says when I was 9 months old she sat me up in my pram and gave my crayons and paper, and I began to scribble. She also allowed me to draw and scribble on my bedroom walls when I was a little older. At around ages 7 - 10, I entered the annual art competitions at my school, and won first prize every year. So, I have always painted, sketched all my life for as long as I can remember. I was the 'artist' at my grammar school, leading projects to decorate the classroom with various murals, and began helping other children with their pieces as well. My dream as a child, for when I was as 'a grown up' was to be a poor artist with no money living and painting in an attic, preferably Paris. The closest I have got to that is painting in a loft room for a few years, in North West London where I live, so not quite the same but near enough. I went to Harrow School of Art when I was 16, but because I was too young to start the next degree course I left and went on to work and study dental nursing, so that I could have a bit of money. Since then I have run art classes after school for all ages, face painted, painted murals in peoples bedrooms, painted all sorts for pleasure and sold this and that to friends and colleagues. I am now working in a secondary school within the Arts Faculty, and in between times look after my nearly grown up family. My passion is now leaning towards the abstraction of natural forms, and also impressions of emotions expressed on canvas. I have taken thousands of photographs of various subjects, mainly the green and growing kind.