I was born in Leicester in the Midlands of England (not quite the north and not quite the south) two years before man landed on the moon. This possibly explains my fascination with history and progress.
Since graduating from the Royal College of Art and training as a graphic artist and journalist I’ve worked in a number of different fields from book illustration to journalism and information graphics.
Illustrated titles for the Folio Society include works by the following authors:
Guy de Maupassant, Dorothy Parker, Noel Coward, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alan Bennett, Roald Dahl and Daphne du Maurier.
Art critic for the Hampstead & Highgate Express for five years. Interviewees included Patrick Caulfield, Michael Craig-Martin, Anthony Caro, Brian Eno, EH Gombrich, Antony Gormley, Jonathan Miller, Marc Quinn, Paula Rego and Marina Warner.
Information graphic artist for The Times and the Press Association.
Like many people I have an uncompleted novel in a drawer.
I like to believe (thank you, Bauhaus) in a ‘unity of disciplines’ in the arts. I would widen this to include the written word, poetry, film, architecture, fashion, interiors, gardening et cetera, et cetera.
I have exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Folio Society exhibitions at the British Library and been included in the V&A illustration awards.
Since leaving London and office life behind I’ve made my home in England’s smallest county, Rutland. The motto of Rutland is Multum in Parvo, or “much in little”.
I live here with my husband Jeremy and a stripy cat called Tiggles who likes sitting on newspaper puzzles and often refuses to go to his cello lessons.
