Painting and drawing have always been a lifelong passion for me and I have always enjoyed the challenge of a new painting as if it was my first. I have painted numerous paintings for friends and relatives before venturing out onto the minigallery site and now have paintings hanging on the walls of rooms all over the country. I am mainly self taught, discovering my own techniques by a combination trial and error and happy accident!! I work predominately in pencil,watercolours and pastel as each have their unique qualities and lend themselves to different subjects. My main subjects are animals, portraits and landscapes of places I have visited in the UK and I have recently completed 2 years at my local art college, including a course on life drawing, which I found particularly challenging and rewarding and have kept an interest in since finishing the course. I especially enjoy commissioned pet portraits, capturing each individual character and likeness, which combines my repect for animals with my love for art.