A little about me

I started drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil. From my earliest memory I have always wanted to be an artist and my main subjects even then were animals. As a little girl, my pet was a cat. A beautiful ginger and white boy who never once in all his life ever scratched anyone and who was devoted to our family. I lost him when I was a teenager and I have never got over his death. For those to know me and how I like cats, this will explain the reason why I don't own one.

On my first birthday following my marriage, my husband bought me (well us really!) our first dog, a Dalmatian we named Julia and with Julia came a really serious passion for painting dogs. After a couple of years, Julia was joined by Marcia, another Dalmatian but this time a show quality puppy. We exhibited Marcia all over the UK and our dreams became true when she became a Champion. We eventually bred from her and kept a little girl puppy we named Sarah, who joined Julia and Marcia as much loved pets. We eventually retired from the show ring a short while after our son was born. We did keep our line of Dalmatians going however, and from Sarah came Rosie and from Rosie, Emma - all now sadly passed on and very, very much missed. However, we still have Emma's daughter, Hazel (licking me in the photo!) and Hazel's daughter Angel and they help to fill the gap left by their predecessors.

When I started showing Marcia, I also started painting show dogs and over the years I have become well known in the world of dog exhibiting where accuracy is vital and a thorough knowledge of dog conformation necessary. When a dog groomer moved near me several years ago, I took the opportunity to work there for a while and so got to know the different coat textures of different breeds and this has helped enormously in achieving an accurate portrayal of the varying coat types.

I have painted very many of the world's top show dogs including Crufts Best In Show and the all time all breed Challenge Certificate record holder, and I love to follow all of their show careers. Just as importantly though, I have painted many hundreds of beloved pets, mainly dogs but also cats and horses, and these give me just as much pleasure as their more illustrious cousins!

I was very flattered when three of my paintings were offered as first prize in a competition held by the prestigious magazine 'Country Homes and Interiors' in conjunction with Denes Petfoods.

I sold my paintings through the famous London store, Harrods, for many years but decided to give this up when the internet became so prominent, and it is nice to have closer contact with my customers. I know that my paintings give great pleasure to their owners and I always strive to paint the very best picture I possibly can and I am very proud to have gained a reputation for producing paintings which not only look like the dog but which also manage to reveal their - for want of a better word - soul; that essence which makes every dog an individual with a marked personality - the 'person' that we love.

Recently, I have joined a group of fellow artists - Art Helping Animals - who have done a tremendous amount to help animals in need. This fantastic group of artists has raised over £23,000 since its inception in 2006, which has been donated to a selection of animal charities. I am really thrilled to be able to make my own contribution to help raise funds. Most of my 'available art' and in the near future, prints, will a be sold with a proportion of the sale price being donated to charity through Art Helping Animals. The details of the individual charities will be given with each of the prints or paintings.

I only want my paintings to be owned by those who are really delighted with them and so all are covered by a condition-free money back satisfaction guarantee.

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