Curriculum Vitae

  • I was born in the Berkshire village of Knowl Hill and studied at the Berkshire College of Art (NDD)
  • In 1970 I started designing and screen printing fabric for the Landmark Trust, a building preservation trust
  • During 1978 and 1979 I taught at Clarefield Court School for children with learning difficulties
  • From 1979 to 1984 I was General Assistant with special responsibility for the Art and Craft Curriculum at Knowl Hill Primary School
  • In 1986 I designed fabric for the top floor of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House, in Hellensburgh, Glasgow. Hill House was originally built for the Blackie publishing family and is now managed by the Scottish National Trust
  • From 1987 to 1989 I did freelance illustration work for the Theatre Centre (Theatre in Education), in Islington, London
  • During 1990 and 1991 I taught art to small groups of visually impaired students
  • In 1992 I was featured in a film, "Behind the Eye". This was made by Front Room Films for the Arts Council and shown on Channel 4
  • In 1993, with the aid of an assistant, I designed and painted the ceiling and shutters of the Castle of Park, in Dumfries and Galloway
  • In 1994 I designed fabric for Rudyard Kipling's house, in Battleboro, Vermont, USA
  • In 1996 some of my lino prints were published in an Anthology of Women's Poetry and Images - "Her Mind's Eye" - published by Pyramid Press
  • In 2000 I began learning Qigong and Tai Chi
  • Between 2005 and 2007 I completed a 3 year Qigong practitioners course with the Chinese Internal Arts Association
  • In 2008 I began teaching Qigong and Tai Chi