Born in New York, USA,
raised in East Africa and educated in England,
she finally fulfilled a
lifelong ambition to study art once
her children left home. It began with A Level art
at the local Secondary School in 1995, followed by a
Creative Arts Degree from Bath Spa University College in
2001, then a Research Fellowship in Stone Lithography.
In 2003 she came to Cyprus to
pursue a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art at the Cyprus
College of Art in Lemba. Following that
she spent four months working
with artists in Central America, before returning to
Cyprus to paint a mural commission and landscape a
garden.
From 2006 until 2011 she lived
and worked in the village of Kallepia near Pafos, where
she had a successful working
Studio and offered tuition and workshops. In February
2012 she moved into the heart
of Cyprus' thriving port city, Limassol, where
she have established a new
Studio and once again offer tuition and workshops.
In previous, pre-artist lives, she
spent fifteen years running her
own homeopathic practice in Dorset, was married, had
children, lived, worked and travelled across five
continents and was variously employed in journalism,
freelance writing, publishing and teaching.
2004 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art,
Cyprus College of Art
2001 - 2002
Research Fellowship, Stone Lithography, Bath Spa
University College, Bath, England
2001 BA Creative Arts, Bath Spa
University College, Bath, England (Art & Creative
Writing)
Commissions and Awards
2012
Portrait Commission of Frau Marita Pflugmacher (Germany)
2011
Commission to replicate Frida Kahlo's 'The Two Fridas'
2009
Commission to paint Family Tree on Driftwood for Mr
Richard Kozaks
Portrait Commission for Mr Tony Parsons
Commission 'Pan's Head' for Mr & Mrs E Williams, Pafos
Commission to make 'Set of Four', acetate and ink, for
Mr & Mrs E Williams, Pafos
2007
Portrait Commission, 'Postcard from Cyprus', of Mr Klaus
Pflugmacher (Germany)
Painted two Pitharia for landscape gardener Doug Whetlor,
Cyprus Joy, Pafos
2005
Portrait Commission, 'Realities', of Mr Jochen Hipp,
Germany
Garden Design, Apollo Beach villas, Pafos
Cupola Mural for Gabriella Williams, Apollo Beach Villas,
Pafos
2004
'Mariposa', Large watercolour for Mariposa Hotel,
Monteverde, Costa Rica
Exhibitions
2013
Exhibited her work at
Gallery Kypriaki Gonia.
Group exhibition for the gallery's
20th anniversary. Summer 2013
2011
En Plo, Pafos Harbour, Cyprus (Paintings, Lithographs,
Painted Driftwood, Mixed Media works)
Dinos art Cafe, Limassol (Joint Exhibition, Paintings,
Lithographs and Mixed Media works)
2010
En Plo, Pafos Harbour, Cyprus (Paintings, Lithographs,
Painted Driftwood, Mixed Media works)
'Garden Magic' , Forza 9 Gallery, Polis, Cyprus (Group
Exhibition, Painted Driftwood)
'4 artists: contemplative works', Forza 9 Gallery, Polis,
Cyprus (Group Exhibition, Lithographs)
2009
En Plo, Pafos Harbour, Cyprus (Paintings, Lithographs,
Painted Driftwood, Mixed Media works)
2008
‘Art Without Border’, Heroes Square, Limassol (Group
Exhibition, Paintings)
‘En Plo’, Kato Paphos (Group Exhibition, Paintings)
‘Light Water’, Kyklos Gallery Kato Paphos (Group
Exhibition, Paintings)
2007
‘Muse’, Kivotos Art Café, Polis (Joint Exhibition,
Paintings and Lithographs)
‘Masala’, Melina Mercouri Centre, Nicosia (Group
Exhibition, Paintings)
‘Swept Away’, Dinos Art Café, Limassol (Solo Exhibition,
Paintings and Drawings)
‘Women in Art’, Studio 55, Limassol (Group
Exhibition,Paintings)
2006
Participant in Paphos Open Studios
2005
Tekni Arts Gallery, Paphos (Group Exhibition, Paintings)
2004
Apokalypse Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus (Group Exhibition,
Paintings)
Kypriako Gonia Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus (Group
Exhibition, Paintings)
Diakosmos Gallery, Paphos, Cyprus (Group Exhibition,
Paintings)
En Plo Gallery, Kato Paphos, Cyprus (Group Exhibition,
Paintings)
‘Colours of Darkness’, Cyprus College of Art Gallery,
Lemba, Cyprus (Solo Exhibition, Paintings)
2003
Posse Gallery, Castle Cary, Somerset (Solo Exhibition,
Paintings & Lithographs
Otterton Mill, Otterton, Devon (Group Exhibition,
Lithographs &Tubelights)
Slade Centre, Gillingham, Dorset (Group Exhibition,
Paintings & Lithographs)
Walford Mill, Wimborne, Dorset (Solo Exhibition,
Lithographs)
2002
Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall (Group Exhibition,
Paintings)
Walford Mill, Wimborne, Dorset (Group Exhibition,
Lithographs & Tubelights)
‘All Art is Theft’, Sherborne House, Dorset (Group
Exhibition, Slashed Works)
‘Changing Rooms’, Sherborne House, Dorset (Group
Exhibition, Installation)
The Idea Works, Gillingham, Dorset (Solo Exhibition,
Paintings, Lithographs, Video)
Study Gallery, Poole, Dorset (Video Performance)
2001
Fisherton Mill, Salisbury, Wilts, UK (Group Exhibition,
Etchings)
2000
Dorset Art Weeks
1998
Dorset Art Weeks (Solo Exhibition, Paintings)
Art
residencies
2004
Casa de Arte, Monteverde, Costa Rica
2003
Artist in Residence, Printmaking, St Andrews Primary
School, Fontmell Magna, Dorset
Permanent Loans
University Library, Bath Spa University College, Bath
Private Collections
UK, Austria, Germany, France, USA, Cyprus, Costa Rica, Greece, Egypt, India, Hong Kong, Australia, Qatar, Canada, Russia, Holland, Belgium