I've always loved colour. That thrill and connection you feel when you see bright colours as a kid has never left me. It's scientific, you know. Kids brains are wired for colour, and that part of my brain definitely never grew up!

And anyway, colour simply makes the world a better place, doesn't it? If you're anything like me, the uninhibited colours that come so naturally to me will brighten your eyes and lift your mood.

Personally, I'm someone who seriously needs light and I think I'm compelled to create as much of it as I can through my art. It's always present somewhere, whether it's the sunshine in my colours or in a lightness of touch or lightness of heart or spirit.

You'll see the energy too. I don't think you can avoid it. I realised years ago that creating and portraying movement and energy is my main motivation, even in flower paintings ('still' lifes are not my thing!). But I've only recently learned what it's about: movement from A to B, progress, growth (flowers representing personal growth), always looking up and forward to better things, never 'settling', never remaining static.

Definitely part of my makeup.

So I want you to see and feel positive energy in every stroke. If you really tune into it, you'll probably even notice a directional, upward sweep in each image as a whole. Uplifting is my art's middle name 😊

When I make art, I'm channelling energy from my soul, energy that takes me right back to my childhood. That precious moment in my memory when I'm sitting, about age five, at the kitchen table, wearing my fave stripy jumper my mum had knitted out of random woolly leftovers, focused only on drawing and colouring. When I make art now, honestly, I feel exactly the same.

​This is physical energy that only art can bring out of me. Making art completes me and I understand now that sharing my art completes the process, just like it did when I showed my mum what I'd drawn all those years ago.

I'm always surprised to realise that there's something deeply optimistic in me, even though (or maybe because?) I carry some weighty stuff around in my heart. Maybe it's not just me. But I know that must be part of why I seek out colour, light and energy and want to share my vision of the best world I can imagine with others.

Through colour, light and energy, I'm sharing with you the stuff inside me that means the most. Making art takes me to my ideal world full of warmth, comfort, uplifting energy and bright spirits.

When you see my art, I hope you'll feel complete and lifted like I do.

And perhaps you'll be prompted, even for a second, to revisit cherished memories and treasured moments - so many of the best things you've got stored away that are always so glad to see you when you return.