I am a fine artist based in Hertfordshire, working primarily in oil paint. I studied at Charles Cecil Studios in Florence and hold a History of Art degree from the University of Exeter. My work is rooted in the natural world, with a particular focus on animals: their forms, their movement, their presence. But it’s also about how we respond to them — emotionally, culturally and visually. I’m especially drawn to colour as a tool for storytelling. In nature, colour isn’t fixed. It changes with light, distance, and feeling — and I use that fluidity to guide the tone of each piece.
My love of animals was nurtured early on, growing up at Newsells Park Stud surrounded by ponies, racehorses and dogs. That connection has stayed with me, deepened through years of travel and time spent in nature — particularly across Africa and India. These journeys have profoundly shaped the way I see and paint, drawing me to wildlife as a subject and to oil paint as a medium. Rather than documenting animals in a purely realistic way, I use layered brushwork, texture and saturated palettes to evoke energy. Sometimes that means a leopard rendered in soft violets and ochres, or a flock of birds painted against a field of near-abstract pattern. I often borrow visual cues from textiles, folk art and architectural detail — anything that expresses how humans and animals share space, history, and instinct.
