I have always been a creative at heart. From an early age I would sketch on every little bit of paper I could get my hands on. I painted. I made collages. I played with clay. Wherever there was an opportunity to enjoy being creative and artistic, there I was.
I never did a formal training of any kind. I used to just jump in a try my hand, honing my skills as I went along. Either people gave me guidance or I would pick up a book that showed me how to learn the basics and I’d go from there. I dabbled in silk painting while I lived in Germany and tentatively created a few pieces. But it wasn’t until 1999 that I fully dived into the art and bought myself a set of proper tools so that I could get going properly. Right from the start I was hooked into mandalas. And so I set to, meticulously painting my first designs with geometric tools, but later easing off them and just painting my designs free hand as I went along.