I live and work in the beautiful countryside in Ceredigion, with my husband and 4 very beautiful, and funny Italian Spinone girls. I was born in Liverpool, and lived on the Wirral for a large part of my life and, after various moves, finally settled in Wales  35+ years ago. I've always had a love of the countryside and a passion for animals. I'm very keen on Conservation and Animal Welfare issues; I donate an amount from each sculpture I sell to a number of selected Animal Treatment, Animal Rescue and Conservation societies. I've worked in some form of Art since I was 15 - starting in watercolour painting, but finally discovering the joy of working with clay . After trying various methods and materials, I settled with ceramic sculpture as my preferred form.  The unique hand-built sculptures are made using thin slabs and small pieces of clay and built up over a newspaper base like a puzzle or mosaic. The resulting fragility is integral to both the concept and aesthetic. I then Raku fire the majority of the sculptures – I find this give a richness and individuality to each hand made piece.

This is not to say that I seek realism in any literal sense. What interests me is something more elusive — the quiet awareness and presence that seem to inhabit all living things. I try to look beyond the surface of the animal, to capture something of its character, its spirit, and the life within it. I like to think that, when a sculpture succeeds, it holds a trace of that presence: something of the animal itself, carried into the clay and given another form

I seek to capture something deeper — the quiet awareness, presence and spirit that I believe exists within every living creature. I want each sculpture to convey something of the animal beyond its physical form: its character, its vitality, its essence. I like to think that, in some small way, each piece carries within it a fragment of the animal’s soul.

Much of my work is by commission and I have sold sculptures as far afield as Luxembourg, Holland, Germany, Canada, Australia, America and Hawaii. I have recently started painting and drawing again and once again I try to capture something of the soul of the animals in my portraits.