I spent many years building a career in law in London. I worked hard, moved up, became established and reached a point I had once thought I was aiming for.

But the decision to leave had been growing in me for years. The more I progressed, the more disconnected I felt, and somewhere along the way I lost touch with myself. By 2019, I knew I needed to make a change.

I didn’t have a grand plan for what would come next. I knew I wanted to paint, and I hoped that returning to something I had loved for so long might also help me find my way back to myself.

Long before I started painting, I was already drawing. As a child, I sketched catwalk models and designed their dresses, convinced for a while I might become a fashion designer. Later, I became obsessed with the flawless, glossy world of fashion magazines and spent a few years drawing portraits of models in charcoal.

I first picked up oil paints at 15, after joining my cousin for a private painting lesson. From there, painting stayed with me in different ways over the years, even when life became busy and my practice was more sporadic.

Before leaving law, my painting had centred largely on portraiture. Afterwards, with more space to slow down and observe the world around me, I found myself increasingly drawn to nature. That connection gradually deepened, and over time began to shape both what I painted and how I wanted the work to feel.

In 2020, I met the painter Louise Ellerington. I was immediately struck by the skill and instinct in her work, and meeting her became an important turning point. What began as tuition gradually became a friendship and mentorship, helping me take my practice more seriously, trust my instincts and begin to recognise my own voice.

As my work evolved, I began exploring landscape and abstraction, becoming increasingly interested in colour, atmosphere, and the feelings that linger after a moment has passed.

Today, I paint large, immersive meadow works from my studio in Leicester. They are less about recreating a particular place and more about capturing a feeling – something remembered, sensed or felt.