I am a 29 year old artist working primarily in soft pastel and pencil from my home in South West London.
I use these mediums for my traditional greeting card illustrations as the soft and subtle effect they offer lends itself well to my pieces and soft pastel allows me to create a delicacy in my designs.
I studied fine art at both GCSE and A Level and after my studies, I worked on becoming a portrait commission artist. I worked on animal and people portraits using pencil and soft pastel for friends and family which I continue to do today. My pet portraits were displayed at several galleries in Crowthorne, Berkshire and most recently in Richmond, Surrey.
After completing an internship at an artist agency I looked into becoming a greeting cards illustrator and since then I have been working as a freelance illustrator creating traditional yet fresh soft pastel designs for cards for all occasions as well as stationary. I have had designs sold to Finland and Estonia, Spain, USA, Australia and throughout the UK. In 2015 I exhibited at The Progressive Greetings Live exhibition at the Business Design Centre, London and signed a contract with Serif DaisyTrail Craft Artist to become one of their 'Digikit' designers. I had a brilliant two years working as a designer with Serif but unfortunately DaisyTrail had to close its doors. I am now working as a designer with Craftsuprint, a worldwide online crafting platform for designers and craft makers to make and sell their work.
My work has been displayed at the following galleries,
The Bowman Gallery
9 Worple Way,
Richmond, Surrey
Bianco Giglio Galleries
196B Dukes Ride
Crowthorne
Berkshire
Art 233
233, High Street,
Crowthorne
Berkshire
