I've been painting professionally for over 15 years, working from my studio in London/Oxford, UK.

My work has always gravitated around strong, deeply emotional portraiture. After years of refining my realist skills, my language gradually opened up — becoming freer, looser, and more experimental. 

Over the years, I’ve realised that certain classical principles are essential for building strong painting skills - regardless of the genre. However, true voice does not live in the rigidity of blindly following rules. It begins with risk — with questioning, digging deeper, and experimenting.

That is why my teaching rests on two equally essential forces: the classical principles that anchor us, and the fearless exploration that moves us forward.

I don’t offer a single “correct” way to paint.

What I share comes directly from my personal practice: my method, my thought process, what sits behind each decision in a painting — and why. I teach from lived studio experience — from years of questioning, failing, refining, and pushing work forward — not from theory alone.

For me, the creative process is what matters most. That is where voice begins.

This is why you will learn how to build strong portraits and master composition, colour, paint, and mixed media — how these principles traditionally “should” work, but also how to deviate, experiment, and take risks, even when the results aren’t what you expected.

About Me, briefly

 I've been painting professionally for over 15 years, working from my studio in London/Oxford, UK.

After training in classical methods at the London Atelier of Representational Art (LARA) in 2014, I spent years experimenting to find a balance between the rigourous classical atelier method with a more intuitive and expressive approach to painting.

My paintings have been exhibited internationally, including at the MEAM Museum in Barcelona and Mall Galleries in London, and are now part of the Soho House Collection .

I’ve been featured in Colossal, My Modern Met, Magzoid, and on the cover of The Artist Magazine (UK), as well as in Artists&Illustrator, PratiqueDesArt, and the International Artist Magazine.
I’ve also appeared twice on Sky Portrait Artist of the Year (2019 & 2020); was finalist in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and ModPortrait, and won Jackson’s Painting Prize and the Women in Art Prize.