Dreams of becoming an artist when I left school soon faded and life took over. I still painted on and off through the years and I've done a couple of evening classes, from stained glass to basket weaving and pottery, but oil painting became a personal favourite. I love the richness of colour and the debt and texture you can achieve.

Now inspired by the beautiful flowers that my husband effortlessly grows in our garden, I started taking close up photos and then zooming in and painting them. With my paintings mounting up on my desk I have decided to take the plunge and take them out of the house for all to see. I have many many more photos to make paintings from and with an ever growing (excuse the pun) garden, I know I will have more and more to add to the collection.

I hope you like them and I would really love to hear from you.