Hello, and welcome to my little corner on DeviantArt!
My two greatest loves are horses and art -- art in all its forms and horses in all their diverse colours, shapes and sizes. I live to learn, and always look for opportunities to help me grow not only as a person but as an artist as well.
I enjoy working in a variety of media, although graphite, watercolours and acrylics have proven to be my favourites. And while I do paint other animals sometimes, as anyone can see horses are my main subjects. I love depicting them at liberty, and it fascinates me that even though we domesticated horses for use, it is the archetypal image of a horse galloping free that captivates our imagination most profoundly. My artwork is a celebration of these beautiful and often misunderstood creatures, whose history is tightly intertwined with ours.
When I'm not arting, I teach English, write, and enjoy spending time with my guinea pigs, Pea and Flo.
Thank you so much for stopping by. Feel free to look around, and I hope you enjoy my work!
For commission info and other enquiries, please note me or send an e-mail to
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Current Residence
Novara (Italy)
Favourite Style of Art
Impressionism, realism, surrealism, abstract, installation art
Favourite Visual Artists
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, George Stubbs, Théodore Géricault, Rosa Bonheur, James McNeill Whistler, Franz Marc, Edgar Degas, Beatrix Potter, Ohara Koson, Lucy Kemp-Welch, Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth, and several contemporary painters
Favourite Photographers
My mum, Robert Mapplethorpe and just about anyone who captivates me with their photography
Favourite Music
Alternative, experimental, progressive, electronica, ambient, indie, classical
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, Queen, Patti Smith, Hans Zimmer, Green Day, Porcupine Tree, Anathema, The Cranberries, Apocalyptica, Ludovico Einaudi, Placebo, Elisa, Muse, Linkin Park, Max Richter, My Chemical Romance, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Steven Wilson, Florence + The Machine, Twenty One Pilots, Grimes, Of Monsters and Men, White Moth Black Butterfly
Favourite Books
Black Beauty, White Fang, The Fountainhead, King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian, Dune, The Giver, Memoirs of a Geisha, Riding Lessons, The Kite Runner, Never Let Me Go, Our Horses in Egypt, Just Kids
Favourite Writers
Anna Sewell, C.S. Lewis, Walter Farley, Ray Bradbury, Lucy Rees, Frans de Waal, Christopher Paolini
Favourite TV Shows
The Private Life of a Masterpiece, Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, Abstract: The Art of Design
Favourite Movies
The Black Stallion, Amadeus, SLC Punk!, Spirited Away, Seabiscuit, Hidalgo, Alexander, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Into the Wild, Agora, Mr. Nobody, Inception, Shutter Island, The Tree of Life, Cloud Atlas, Prisoners, Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar, Arrival, The King
Favourite Cartoon Character
All the characters in Digimon Adventure, and Spirit, stallion of the Cimarron herd
Favourite Games
Shadow of the Colossus, Journey, Botanicula; UNO, and Sagrada
Favourite Gaming Platform
PlayStation2, PlayStation3, Wii
Tools of the Trade
My hands, watercolours, graphite, charcoal, acrylic paints, pastels, chalks, and a Canon EOS 1100D
Personal Quote
Anything worth doing isn't easy.
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