The devil makes work for idle hands, so they say, well luckily my hands haven’t stopped moving since I was a toddler! I’m a ridiculous fidgeter and have always had a creative mind and outlook so this has translated into me constantly looking for new and interesting ways to keep them busy!

I started drawing at a very young age and as an adult got my honors degree in Fine Art. I studied it for five years, one in my hometown, Westport, county Mayo, Ireland and four years in county Sligo, Ireland. As a kid, I remember my mam drawing cartoon characters off the tele for us (hey Arnold to be exact!) I thought it was so cool, and so instead of colouring in my colouring books I would try and duplicate the images myself.

My mam was a chef when I was small and I remember she used to bake a lot at home, lots of sponge cakes, madeira cakes, fairy buns, apple pies. I always wanted to know exactly what was happening and was dying to help out and she always let me. I would have tried to do it all on my own if I was allowed, I’m sure I pushed to! She would let me mix the batter, knead the dough, “once you can make the number eight it’s ready”, I honestly remember that like it was yesterday, even the smells.

I definitely have my mother to thank for feeding my creative curiosity and enabling it from a young age. That said, I most certainly did not get her patience and my stubbornness, competitiveness and need to perfect everything, that’s all from my father!