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If you’ve read my about you page you’ll know I started paintings to record the wildlife I saw , to freeze a moment in time and often look up the animal,  as growing scientist, following my curiosity. When I was about 16 years old I received my first camera. A compact rugged camera which could do underwater images! I could finally record all the stunning British wildlife and I was hooked. Since then I have

With my previous series going so well my confidence was boosted and I found my skills in sketching had drastically improved. After snorkelling in the Caribbean, I remember coming across a s a chain Moray eel with its beautiful complex yellow markings. This is where the first drop of life piece inspiration came from and I feel this series was meant to be and it aligns with me in so many ways. In this series

Thanks to my busy rewarding day job, I don't have much spare time, so I usually work on art series. A series is a set of paintings based on an idea which I developed for a period of time, complete and move on to the next one. I structure all my artwork like this so I can keep focus and usually the inspiration hits me like lightning... I end up being consumed by an exciting

My name is Kirsty. As cliché as it sounds, I have been interested in art since I was very young. Even as a 2 year old, when asked what I wanted to do with the day, the answer would be painting. I loved it, I could capture what I saw. This nurtured my passion for marine science, by painting marine wildlife that I saw. Shells, fish and more, which I recorded in my own way to