I studied librarianship but realised early on I didn't want to be a librarian. Life-drawing cheered me up a bit. Later I did a degree in Fine Art, studied portraiture and was an New English Art Club drawing scholar.

I paint things around me at home, oranges, apples, a blue mug, a milk bottle, a packet of coffee. I move them around until I want to paint them. The New English Art Club elected me to membership in 2022.