Although my life heavily revolves around my art nowadays, my background is in zoology – specifically cat behaviour and anatomy. In 2012, I pursued a BSC Animal Behaviour where I avidly chased my passion for cats – interning at The Big Cat Sanctuary, volunteering with Cats Protection, writing an article on cheetah physiology for Biosphere magazine and, finally, completing a dissertation studying captive wild cat behaviour. During my degree I rediscovered my childhood love for creating, and used it as a tool to help me relax away from a busy academic schedule. After graduating, I continued to pursue art as a hobby – rediscovering watercolours along the way. My palette and brushes accompanied me to Manchester, where I studied PGDip Zoo Conservation Biology, alongside working at Manchester Museum and as a tiger vocalisation analyst for The Prusten Project. It was during this period that I decided to take my first commissions to help me fund my degree, and I haven’t looked back! 

I still use my art as a vessel to explore my ongoing passion for the natural world. Though my work appears somewhat carefree, wrapped up in that energy is a story about that animals determination to survive - and thrive – in spite of the perilous position we have pushed our natural world towards. With every painting I endeavour to create a moment that reminds the viewer how animals are full of just as much life and emotion as they themselves are. I’m currently immersed in a project to paint as many wild cat species as I can - which is really fun to work on - while also continuing to take on commissioned work.

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