I was born in 1983 in England and moved to New Zealand in 1995. I graduated from Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design in 2002 with a BFA in fashion, and after a stint of travelling and living again in England for 8 years, I returned New Zealand; my happy place. I discovered my love of painting when I was travelling through Europe. The ever changing landscape and culture evoked such a sense of wonder and magic that I needed to find a way of 'bottling' that feeling in a way that my camera couldn't. If you love travelling, hiking, going to the beach or simply enjoy sitting in...more