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I made the decision 3 years ago that I wanted to become a full time artist. I drew up a 5 year plan with the help of the Design Trust and set to work on growing my business whilst holding down a pretty full on and demanding job. Despite the pandemic my business has grown to an extent that I've achieved what I needed to within 3 years to make that jump and give up the day job.

Scary? Not really. It's a big decision but it is a good decision.

I have an artist friend who not only creates beautiful abstract paintings but has in the last couple of years started to make her own tools out of bamboo. I've been watching Bina's instagram posts over the last couple years as she developed her bamboo drawing tools and thought it was about time I gave them a go!

As I move towards becoming a full time artist my experience earlier this year of running independent workshops in Cornwall has really helped me realise that there are opportunities out there to do what you love doing, exploring new places and meeting and working with like minded people.

Some more mini big skies heading to the Biscuit Factory in Newcastle. Ten brand spanking new paintings all inspired by the ever changing weather up here in the North of England. Each one is finished with a bespoke St Ives style frame which has been hand painted with Little Green Slaked Lime.

The Fresh art fair returns to Cheltenham on the 9th through to the 12th June and I am super excited that Hope Gallery in Hebden Bridge will be representing me there. It's a first for me to be represented by a gallery at an prestigious art fair such as Fresh Art so I am super excited to have been asked to put together a collection.

A brand new collection of work will be heading across to Studio Vault in Settle, North Yorkshire, at the beginning of June for their Northern Lights exhibition. The exhibition is running from 3 June 2022 through to the end of August and I have a collection of new paintings included in the show.