My creative career began in illustration, after studying Fashion and Textiles in Leicester. For many years I worked within the greeting card industry, most notably creating Camilla & Rose a humorous collection centred on the everyday lives, friendships and foibles of women.

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That background in illustration has had a lasting influence on my work. I have always been fascinated by character, body language and the small, often overlooked moments that tell a story. Humour remains important to me, but increasingly I have wanted to explore these ideas through printmaking and a more instinctive, expressive way of drawing.

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Today, drypoint printmaking sits at the heart of my practice.

I draw directly into the plate, enjoying the unpredictability of the scratched line and the rich, slightly imperfect marks created through the printing process. I am particularly interested in exaggerating scale and perspective — an oversized shoe, an awkward limb, a dog squeezed beneath a table, while keeping the figures believable enough for the viewer to recognise something of themselves in them.

People and animals frequently share the picture space. Dogs in particular have become recurring characters: companions, observers and occasionally the quiet instigators of the story.

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My work begins with observation but rarely stays entirely faithful to it. I simplify, distort and exaggerate, looking for the point at which an ordinary situation becomes something more expressive. A glance, a gesture or an uncomfortable pose can often say far more than a carefully constructed scene.

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Although my practice has moved from commercial illustration into fine art and printmaking, storytelling remains the thread connecting the two. I am interested in the humour, affection and quiet absurdity found in ordinary life  and in capturing those moments through line.