Born in Rhyl, North Wales, I’ve been fortunate to do lots of travelling and through those travels, lived in Sydney, Australia for 25 years although have returned home to be close to family and now live in Gilwern, South Wales.

When growing up, I was always drawing and art was my best subject at school.  I didn’t pursue it as a career but I did have a passion for it and delighted that I rekindled that love years later.

In Sydney I had a recruitment business specialising in the digital industry, which took up most of my time but I started to get back into painting and did a few commissions for friends.  I called in at our local Balmain gallery, put three paintings into the Brave Art Exhibition and was bowled over when they sold!

I then started to exhibit in a few galleries and worked towards a solo exhibition; nerve racking and a thrill! I had also entered a painting in to a competition and was featured in the International Artist Magazine for abstract and expressionism – that was a real art buzz!

With my art I try to create something that is emotive. I’m fascinated in exploring textures and always experimenting and describe my style somewhere between impressionism, expressionism and abstract. I work with all mediums on lots of different substrates, big and small, and finish many of my pieces in resin, which gives them depth and a glass-like surface that photographs never quite catch. And from 25 years living by the ocean in Sydney — where my painting really started — and also being born on the North Wales coast, I have a love of water and inspired by its many patterns and reflections. You’ll notice on the site there are a number of paintings that have the water theme.

More recently, I started a series called Hills & Valleys which is quite appropriate as we live in the Brecon Beacon National Park and lucky to have stunning views of the Black Mountains and surrounding landscapes.

Best wishes
Sally