My artistic journey

I am a self-taught artist. Sculpture and painting have been my main passion and therapy since early childhood. At school, aged seven, I would ‘sell’ my drawings to others in the playground for sweets and ‘build’ figure sculptures at home with found items to form limbs and facial features. Making art made me unbelievably happy, it still does.

Growing up in the Shropshire on a small holding, I was lucky enough to be immersed in nature, surrounded by animals and beautiful scenery but home was quite secluded so I made art and wrote poetry to entertain myself.

As an adult I have owned a hairdressing business and was a tutor at Birmingham and Worcester colleges. I love something different and have created sculptures from mixed media, porcelain and sugar! (for my then wedding sculpture business). Commissions came from Vogue magazine, celebrities and large companies. My sugar sculptures appeared in many art UK art galleries and were featured on BBC TV.

After retiring I returned to my first love, hand built, coiled and sculpted clay. I prefer to create only from my imagination, so with my stylised creations I aim to avoid realism at all costs! designing quirky pieces often with some steampunk touches. My garden sculptures have been exhibited at Showborough House, Cotswolds Sculpture Park, RHS Rosemoor.

In my studio in Worcestershire, inspired by my childhood and love of animals, I create stylised wall hanging plaques, animals and female figures, 15cm to over 70cm tall for home and garden décor. I finish pieces with oxides and underglazes. Each piece is a 'one off'