It all started when I won my first art competition at the age of 5, this lead to a life time of illustrating, designing and doodling. 

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    At secondary school my creative flare showed in my constant doodling around the words on my text books, some teachers where impressed, some where not.

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    After attending art school at Blackburn College and Bolton University, I began my career in Graphic design, where my love of illustrating continued. I had a career change when my children where born, water and oil painting in what spare time I had.

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    Then I found myself working as a High Level Teaching Assistant, (don't know how that happened, although the job worked round the kids brilliantly) specialising in Art, Science, and Reading Interventions. 

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    Whilst teaching children to read and learning about how children learn to read, I wrote and illustrated a number of children's stories aimed at helping children to increase their phonic knowledge.

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    Now with both boys grown up I have put my skills to good use spending most of my time painting landscapes, wildlife and illustrating children's books.