I am a stained-glass artist based in Essex in the UK, and have been working in stained-glass for thirty years.  Since 1996 I’ve been working from the medieval church of St Peter’s, Wickham Bishops.

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I was born in Cookely, Kidderminster in 1964 and grew up in Letcombe Regis and Wantage, Oxfordshire. After graduating with a degree in marine biology, in 1986, I explored the possibilities of pursuing a career in the arts. After a chance meeting with Amal Ghosh - who was running adult education courses at The City Lit and Central School of Art, London - I applied for the postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Stained Glass at Central in 1988, graduating in 1990. Awarded The Caroline Swash Fellowship in 1990, I was able to continue working in the stained-glass department in the Lethaby Building, Southampton Row, Holborn, London, for another year.

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In 1992 I married and moved to Essex, at first working from a garden studio. In 1996 I discovered St Peter’s church, which had been in the care of The Friends of Friendless Churches since 1975. They agreed for the church to be adapted for use as a stained-glass studio.