I am a portrait painter, cartoonist and graphic recorder, based in Brighton UK.

Whilst I explore and embrace multiple disciplines, my topic, however, is always the same: people.

People and their environment. People and their behaviour. People. People are fascinating to me.

It's why I spent 13+ years in change management, helping (yes) people manage changes. It's why I LOVE helping people change careers and become more creative in my coaching practice too. And yes, it's why my paintings, and drawings are focusing heavily on people.

I am largely self-taught, albeit with the help of years of education from (in order) my grandmother, creativity classes, primary and secondary schools (until the age of 14 at least 🙄), YEARS of evening classes in art and creativity with Angenelle Thijssen, and weekend classes in portrait painting with Juliet Kac.

Also: art runs in the family. Check out the work by Anneke Broertjes and Piet Broertjes.

And a particular shout out to my partner, Ronnie Doublet, who builds fabulous archtop guitars and weird and wonderful musical instruments, and supports me in all my creative endeavours.