About

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 his family. I lost Puddy when I was a teenager and miss him still.

I had always longed to have a dog and on my first birthday following our 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. My husband and I exhibited Marcia all over the UK and our dreams came true when she became a Champion. Marcia was eventually bred from and we kept a little girl puppy we named Sarah, who joined Julia and Marcia as much loved pets. We eventually retired the Dalmatians from the show ring a short while after our son was born. Our line of Dalmatians has been kept going however, and from Sarah came Rosie and from Rosie, Emma - all now sadly passed on and missed more than I can say. However, we still have Emma's daughter, Hazel (kissing 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 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 varying 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 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 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 find it nice to have closer contact with customers. I know that my paintings give great pleasure to their owners and always strive to paint the very best picture possible and 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 soul; that essence which makes every dog an individual with a marked personality - the 'person' that is loved.

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