I was born in 1967 in Kingston-upon-Thames.
I grew up to find I was artistic and had a love of nature and green things.

I was an obsessive sketch book maker, eventually graduating to O' Level and A' Level Art and Biology (there were more but they are the only ones that matter here). From there I ploughed the artistic furrow of a Foundation Course at Kingston Polytechnic followed by a BA (Hons) degree in Graphic Design/Illustration from Canterbury College of Art in 1989 and then I left formal education for the big wide world and a fair few adventures and attempts at gathering some life experience outside home and formal education.

I have had a varied and interesting career, I was a self-employed papier maché artist in the early nineties, making many personal commissions and selling my papier maché creations at various outlets including local Art/Craft Galleries in Hull, Camden Market and a concession shop in Harvey Nichols in London to name but a few. Harvey Nichols photographed one of my larger pieces which was then used to advertise the Home furnishing dept on the routemaster buses for Christmas 1994. 

After a brief spell training to be an adult education teacher I landed a great job as a full-time illustrator in a packaging company in Chipping Norton where i worked for nearly 9 years. After leaving there in 2005 with computer illustration skills to add to my traditional skills, I embarked on a freelance illustration career, and I have also rekindled my love of papier maché. I am also currently endeavouring to find a way to combine my love of plants, sculpture and gardens into my working life, I am a work in progress!

I am available for commissions for illustration and papier maché so please contact me via my contact page if you would like anything.