A graduate in English and History, I spent ten years as a full-time English teacher, and after years studying and teaching "seize the day/ life is short" texts, finally the message got through.

I have always been interested in art, and took up photography about three or four years ago; the expense of buying a Canon 350D pushed me into learning how to use it properly. In photography I do work in colour but find black and white a much more subtle and delicate medium which removes images from the familiar and perhaps makes us look at things more closely. This too is one of the great  things that happens as a result of painting and drawing, it cleans up the perceptions and makes you look at what is actually there - forms, shadows and colours - rather than what you assume is there. This is very exciting, and I hope some of this interest and excitement at the world comes through in my work.