About Me

I am a South African artist and writer with a lifelong fascination for the natural world and the curious objects collected along the way. I studied Fine Art for four years, and my work remains grounded in close observation and traditional techniques.

Working primarily in ink, coloured pencil, graphite, and mixed media, I create miniature artworks inspired by plants, animals, fungi, found objects, and natural curiosities. Many pieces begin with a specimen, a flower, a shell, a seed pod, a feather, or an old bottle, and evolve into small visual narratives that sit somewhere between observation and storytelling.

Drawn in fine lines and delicate layers, these works are intentionally small and considered. I am drawn to the intimacy of miniature art and the way scale encourages closer looking. Each piece is created slowly, with attention to balance, spacing, texture, and the subtle qualities of ink and pencil on paper.

The collection is informed by a lifelong habit of gathering and noticing: shells washed ashore, seed pods found on walks, old glass bottles, feathers, bones, unusual plants, and overlooked details from the natural world. These objects become the foundation of what I think of as collected curiosities — small works intended to feel personal, precious, and quietly evocative.

I am also the former editor of an award-winning lifestyle and community magazine, a role that shaped my understanding of visual storytelling, composition, and audience. This chapter represents a return to a more focused, hands-on creative practice centred on drawing, observation, and making.

I am the author and illustrator of two published plant-based cookbooks with Random House, further grounding my work in the relationship between image, narrative, and the natural world.