I was born in 1970 and raised on a farm in Zimbabwe, where my connection to landscape and observation began. Much of my childhood was spent in the hills and along the rivers of our family farm, learning to watch the quiet details of the natural world.

Growing up in Zimbabwe during the 1980s, access to art materials was limited, and pencil became my primary means of expression. I later trained as an interior designer and spent 18 years working in the exhibition and events industry as a designer and business owner. Over time, the demands of the corporate world drew me away from personal creative work.

In 2011, I made the decision to leave that world behind and return to drawing. My family and I relocated to Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, where a slower, rural environment allowed me to reconnect with my practice.

I work primarily in graphite, drawn to its capacity for texture, contrast, and subtlety. My work is rooted in firsthand experience and direct observation, and each drawing reflects a personal encounter with the African outdoors.