I originally trained (more years ago than I care to remember !) in embroidery and design at Loughborough College of Art and Design and in adult teaching at Nottingham University, and subsequently specialised in silk painting with embroidery.

I have taught in local educational authority classes, in residential colleges, and have run my own specialist Silk Painting and Projects Studio since 1985.

I am invited to display work, give demonstrations, and run workshops at upto half a dozen retail shows country-wide each year. My work has been featured on BBC television and I have been filmed on Granada Sky satellite TV, The Discovery Channel, and Ideal World TV.

In 1987, when material in English on silk painting was a little thin on the ground I produced a Silk Painting teaching video, and whilst living in China (1988 to 1990) I was appointed guest professor for silk painting projects for the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Research Institute.

Over the past ten years I have been commissioned to write numerous articles for art and arts & crafts magazines and have been featured in various articles written by others.

Recent work has included painting dance costumes for an international dancewear company and giving product and process training to distributor sales representatives and retail shop staff on behalf of a leading French silk dye manufacturer and a German silk importer.

Autumn 1998 saw an exhibition of my work at Foyles Art Gallery in London and in the same year I was heavily involved in writing the syllabus for the City and Guilds Creative Skills Certificate for Silk Painting.

I am currently both Secretary and Events Organiser for the Guild of Silk Painters, I teach silk painting and project classes in various locations, City & Guilds 7822 at Inkberrow Design Centre, Worcestershire, and occasionally (time permitting) I work on commissioned pieces.