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It was while living in Beijing that I started to draw and paint, & where I was taught traditional Chinese ink painting by the utterly inspirational Liu DaWei. I returned to UK, then to Hong Kong. Life in this unique city with its exciting multicultural blend of everything became a main stimulus behind my artwork, alongside my long time fascinations with the symbolic role of pre-scientific beliefs, the evolution of tradition, and the power of storytelling, with its psychological and sociological power for both children and adults in the cultures I know most deeply.

I find the role of animals in all forms of storytelling enthralling also: in children’s literature, and in folktales. The importance of biodiversity was the inspiration behind my three picture books that were published many years ago in Hong Kong, written & illustrated specifically for children there. Two were endorsed by WWF (Hong Kong). I really enjoy taking these stories into most of the many international schools in Hong Kong, and into some of the local schools where English is spoken, and to have had many vibrant discussions with children from all over the globe.

I studied for an MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art in 2018 which widened my artistic vision hugely, & I constantly build upon this.

I find the juxtaposition of imagination and reality, ’the inward’ and ‘the outward’, and the nature and role of paper itself is exciting: I love hand printmaking (inward markings), & its sometimes accidental nature, as it interacts with different papers.. I also enjoy paper sculpture and semi relief (outward markings), the physicality of real shadow.

I’ve exhibited in many group exhibitions in Hong Kong, especially at Studio2, and at the Visual Arts Centre; and in UK, in Cambridge, the Bologna Book Fair, Suffolk & London. I’ve also enjoyed solo exhibitions in Beijing, at the Li Hall at St John's Cathedral in Central Hong Kong., as also within my own open studios in London & Hong Kong.

I'm a Brit, an Aussie, & I’ve Hong Kong permanent residency. I like to alternate mainly between Hong Kong & Cardiff/London, but I willingly visit family & friends in Australia – and now in Boston – whenever possible.

If you’re a publisher who might like to publish my author/illustrated picture books, or if you’d like to commission me to illustrate anything suitable, or you’d like to buy any of my work, or to ask me to visit a school for workshops or to another event to present my work, please be in contact!

I’m now on the look out for a lovely literary agent — I enjoy collaboration..