ABOUT ME
Growing up wild and free in the Scottish countryside, I spent my days exploring outdoors and rainy afternoons drawing, reading and getting lost in stories borrowed from the local library. Those early moments of creativity and wonder continue to shape my work today.
After studying Landscape Architecture in Gloucestershire, I worked with design consultancies in the UK and Oslo before an adventure took me to San Francisco to design a shop - and grow up a little along the way. I now live in the East Sussex countryside, where I create illustrations rooted in observation, storytelling and the small moments that help us feel more ourselves.
Using both traditional drawing techniques and digital tools, I create artwork for books, brands, stationery and collaborative projects, always aiming to bring warmth, character and moments of noticing into everyday life.
WHAT KEEPS ME CURIOUS
Over the years I've become increasingly interested in one question:
What helps us lay strong foundations for life?
The more I illustrate, write and teach, the more I notice that many human qualities can't be hurried or handed to us. They develop slowly, often through the small moments that shape how we relate to ourselves, to other people and to the world around us.
Nature has become my greatest teacher because it offers a gentler way of thinking about growth.
A gardener doesn't pull on a young plant to help it grow taller. Instead, they care for the soil, the light, the water and the space around it, trusting that it will grow.
I wonder if people are not so different.
I don't see myself as an expert with answers. I'm simply an inquisitive explorer with a lifelong interest in people, curious about the foundations that help us become steadier.
Through illustration, writing and workshops, I enjoy exploring the small moments of noticing that help us reconnect with ourselves, each other and the natural world.
My work is not intended to provide answers, but invitations to pause, look a little closer and discover what helps us grow well.
BEYOND THE DRAWING BOARD
Alongside my illustration practice, I've spent over twenty-five years teaching through movement and yoga, working with all ages from energetic three-year-olds to wise eighty-three-year-olds.
Teaching has deepened my curiosity about emotion, human connection and the importance of meeting people where they are. It has also reinforced something I continue to notice through my life and work: that people don't flourish because they are given all the answers, but because they are offered the time, space and conditions to discover more about themselves.
