I was bitten by the equine bug from childhood and started riding somewhere around the age of 8, and is a phase I have never grown out of, much like drawing and writing. Whilst my passion for horses has since taken a back seat, it is never very far from my thoughts.

An avid book reader and member of the village mobile library, I ‘borrowed’ my sister’s copy of The Lord of The Rings and the Hobbit then followed her to the Westlands, Pern, the Discworld and then across hundreds of other realms in paper form crafted by literary legends.

Our dad bought a Commodore Amiga 64 around the same time that I was developing my first crush on the Goblin King and my education in computer graphics and games began in earnest. Far too many happy hours to count later spent in my grandfather’s attic playing the original Sim City on his computer rather than doing high school homework whilst he worked on his train sets only helped to cement my geeky status.

It was something of a process to survive (by the skin of my teeth) high school and escape to college to pursue animal care, then equine care and business management at university only to conclude, (as my parents probably had done some years prior) that an artistic path probably suited my abilities and wandering imagination far better.

I had been an active member of the Elfwood art community for several years at university exposing me to all things Japanese Anime then joined DeviantArt in 2004 during the time that I changed my degree to Graphic Design and after gaining a 2:1 Hons Degree, my artistic and coding hobbies became my career which was encouraged and supported by my now husband whose love of everything fantasy and science fiction is only one of the reasons why I adore him.

I started creating my own medieval and fantasy-inspired costumes and cosplays in the same year I joined DA and found a home in a community that produced stock photography for the sole purpose of inspiring other artists and providing them with much-needed resources and references. Here, I have made incredible lifelong friends, learnt more about the world than Google could teach and found my passion shared with millions of like-minded artists.

I have now been a provider of both themed model stock and landscape and architectural stock for over 20 years and have had the opportunity to visit some of the most incredible locations in the process and have met and worked with some of the most talented artists, friends and authors along the way.