I studied on Art Foundation at Central Saint Martins in the 90s before going on to Camberwell College of Art for my degree and then doing The Painting Course at Leith School of Art. I then went on to win a scholarship place on ‘The Drawing Year’ at the Royal Drawing School in 2008.

I have been teaching at Paintbox for over 5 years now and I absolutely love it – working alongside the students in our beautiful studios, or the gardens and allotments or along the gritty coastal landscape. There’s so much amazing subject matter to work with and a very supportive environment where we all learn a lot – myself very much included!

I teach the Drawing, Painting & Mixed Media course (year long), short courses and workshops and I am also the Summer Schools manager.

Other passions in no particular order of preference include mushrooms (finding, picking and eating), cats (being owned by a vicious but loving one), food (cooking, eating, baking, planning – occasionally I work as a private chef), walking (everywhere and anywhere), plants (not very good at looking after but do love gardens – including for drawing).