"I am a self-taught artist living in Andover and a mother of two. I grew up in London and have always loved creating art but like many have not always had time to focus on this until recently. I mainly work in pencil, though I am also exploring working with acrylics and oil paints and trying to develop my skills in this area. My main artistic focus and inspiration is animals. I have always been a lover of animals so drawing/painting animals feels congruent. I love combining animal characteristics and qualities with the human experience to create human/animal hybrids to demonstrate the primal instincts/experiences we all can relate to throughout life.

This oil-based pencil drawing depicts the narcissism of man kind in all in its glory. I have used bold rich colours to symbolise decadence. The peacock represents the vanity of mankind and the way he is positioned on top of the world like he is sitting centre stage reading a book about himself represents the feeling of the world revolving around oneself. I chose to include a green peacock as these beautiful creatures are currently endangered so this piece also highlights that we must move past anthropocentrism to prevent the destruction of natural habitats."