About

I love to work en plein air, especially sketching the sunrises over the sea, a magical time of day, but sometimes the seagulls go after the colourful soft pastels! I've even been known to be sketching in the rain & snow. I have not yet strapped myself to a ship's mast (*Turner), but I do use an electric head torch for my night time sketching. This doesn't last long as, even in mild weather, fingers seize up fairly quickly when you're not moving.

I started out oil painting years ago, after doing a degree in fine art. Then I began travelling and doing other things... Finally, I came back to art, using soft pastels to draw the landscape where I was living in Milton Keynes. Now in Northumberland I'm using Unison soft pastels and getting back into oils; using canvas, canvas on board and sometimes wooden panels.