Born in 1966 in Abergavenny, South Wales she graduated from West Surrey College of Art and Design with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. She moved to Sligo fifteen years ago where she now lives with her husband and two sons .She has been working in charcoal for about four years. She has had four solo exhibitions in Sligo and has exhibited in group shows in the Dock Gallery, Carrick on Shannon, in the Teach Ban Nua Gallery, Drumcliffe,Sligo and in the Greenlane Gallery, Dingle ,Co. Kerry