About
'ART ENABLES US TO FIND OURSELVES
AND LOSE OURSELVES AT THE SAME TIME'
Thomas Merton, Theologian, Poet, Socialist Activist
Thank you for visiting my site. I’m a London-based Northerner living near Hampton Court who has still retained her accent even after 30 years down South.
Here are some personal snippets about me:
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In my former life I was a B2B publisher.
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I was the first person into the stadium at Live Aid after sleeping on the steps outside Wembley over night with school friends.
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I used to live on a nudist island in the south of France (& my job was to fit g-strings...)
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I was commissioned to write The History of British West Indian Airways (BWIA) whilst living in Trinidad.
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I learnt French whilst living in Paris, Hebrew on a kibbutz and Spanish in the Amazon.
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I spent over ten years as a White Van Woman in London renovating properties, and my biggest regret is that no one ever wrote anything remotely funny in the dirt on the back...
How did I become an artist?
I was working as a publisher in a large B2B company in central London when I was diagnosed with a chronic genetic condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome - which basically means my connective tissue is weaker than everyone else’s and I am very bendy and it also causes wide-spread pain.
As the pain grew, my satisfaction with my full-time role as a publisher dwindled. So, I made a happy shift, embracing freelance work in that field instead. At the same time, I retrained in graphic design, which I absolutely loved, and it led me down this creative rabbit hole. I hope you enjoy my work!
Ros x
