A bit about WHY...

I came to illustration because my work wants global reach. The great problems we face are global, and so the navigation through them must be global. Stories give meaning and sense to situations, and I've always sought the story in a situation.

I love invention, I love improvisation. I love the electricity of someone finding something new. I have always been drawn to the dark edge of things (hello Scorpio), the essence of a thing wherein lives the truth and the meaning. I seek those who dare to do things differently.

I saw a brilliant theatre show that rocked my imagination and my inner world, and I became a theatre director. I was interested in female-led productions and themes of empowerment. I specialised in new writing, and was looking for the work that would look at the environmental crisis and the global problems of the day in a new way. I got into immersive theatre experiences, wanting to give audiences more narrative power by inventing games around systemic collapse.

'What happens when the shit hits the fan?'

Then the ambition and complexity of it all got too much and I collapsed in a dark hard place of burnout.

I took myself to wild places where there was the space to be broken and take my time reconstructing the way I go about my life. Connection to the Earth (growing food, landwork, minimalist living). The way I talk to myself. And in those darkest moments, when I had the space, I found myself learning about things and drawing.

Leading myself through my own education - the things they don't teach you at school - and mapping out that information. I'd always drawn out ideas in order to understand them. The dream here is learning about fascinating ideas and drawing them out so that they can light others up. To use my creativity to get myself and others into a flow state.

Life is a great game. So let's enjoy ourselves and give it our best shot.