ABOUT ME
I’ve been a freelance illustrator for many years and have had the great fortune of being able to make my passion into a career.
I work mainly with watercolours and gouache and specialise in painting detailed illustrations of animals and plants. I also create my own style of Scandinavian Christmas illustrations and also children’s book illustrations for factual books and picture books.
I love the variety that this brings as I can find myself painting very detailed realistic animal and plants one day and the next day I might be lost in my whimsical world of snow and ice, painting Christmas scenes and the characters that live there.
I’ve illustrated over 25 books and many other varying projects and sitting at my drawing board with brush in hand, a palette full of paint, starting a new project, still fills me with the same joy every time.
My Swedish upbringing gave me my love of wildlife, forests, dark starry skies and snowy winter wonderland scenery, which still continues to inspire me with new artwork ideas.
I always loved drawing as a child and this passion continued through my life. I studied graphic design in the UK and then continued on to study pure illustration in Falmouth, which opened up a whole new world for me and where my career in illustration began.
I’m based in South Somerset and when I’m not painting, I love spending time on the coast which is a short drive away. I have a whole bunch of ideas for a collection of sea based paintings in the pipeline!
